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Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Karan Pangali makes place in Top 13 Dancer of Just Dance


Star Plus' popular dance reality TV show 'Just Dance' is now in its final stages with the remaining 13 contestants vying for the coveted prize.
Karan Pangali is flying the flag high for the UK as he's the only British Asian contest to remain on the show. According to a statement by the channel, "Karan is a dance instructor from UK, whose students appear to worship the ground he walks on. In his London shows, he loves to perform on hit numbers of Hrithik Roshan’s films, much to the delight of his audience. Maybe Karan’s looks a wee bit like Hrithik Roshan too. Incidentally, Shaimak Davar had once selected Karan for a show in London to perform along with Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan. Now whether this combination of killer looks and deadly moves will make him the Ultimate Champ is something we need to wait and watch."
It remains to be seen whether Karan Pangali will be able to stay on the show until the end.
Karan deserves to be in the show,so friends we all have to wish him luck.Karan is a classical dancer(Kathak),in audition Vaibhavi told him that he can be a best technical dancer in the world.And Hritik Roshan loved his performance.

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Tap Dancing-Dancing to generate Music

Tap is an exciting form of dance where the dancers wear special shoes with metal taps. Tap dancers use their feet like drums to create rhythmic patterns and beats in time. The "tap" term comes from the tapping sound is produced when the little ballerina shoes, sheets of metal to touch a floor or hard surface.
Tappers & Hoofers:


One common style of tap dancing is called "a classic Tap." The classic, "tappers", using their hands and bodies to merge with ballet or jazz movement, touch their own habits. "Hoofers" trying to use every part of his shoes with his feet to make sounds like drums.



The Clogging is similar to tap dancing. Cloggers play with a movement of the body and goes down and tend to make sounds with their heels. Tap dancers are light on their feet, and tend to dance to the music, rather than the rhythms. Often Cloggers dance group, such as Riverdance.

Monday, 13 June 2011

Benefits Of Dance

Dancing is a great way for people of all ages to get and stay in shape. Besides being fun, dancing has many positive health benefits.Here It is great saying for Dance
                        "While I dance I can not judge, I can not hate,
I can not separate myself from life.
I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance."
Following are the health benefits of dance.

1. Sense of Well-Being:-Dancing is a social activity. Studies have shown that strong social ties and socializing with friends contribute to high self-esteem and a positive outlook. Dancing provides many opportunities to meet other people. Joining a dance class can increase self-confidence and build social skills. Because physical activity reduces stress and tension, regular dancing gives an overall sense of well-being.
2.Flexibility:-Flexibility is an important part of healthy living. Dance requires a great deal of flexibility. Most dance classes begin with warm-ups, including several stretches. The dancers must strive for the full range of motion of all major muscle groups. The range of motion over the muscles can flex and extend. Most forms of dance require dancers perform movements that require bending and stretching, so naturally, the dancers become more flexible, just for dancing.
3.Strength:-The Strength is defined as the ability of muscle to use force to resist. Dancing to build strength to force the muscles to resist against the weight of the body of the dancer. Many of dance such as jazz and ballet, which requires jumping and jumping in the air.Jumping and leaping require tremendous strength of the major leg muscles.Ballroom dancing to build strength. Consider the loss of muscle mass ballroom dancer to develop her male companion to lift it above his head!
4. Endurance:-Dance is physical exercise. exercise increases the resistance. Endurance is the ability to work the muscles for longer and longer periods of time without fatigue. regular dance is great for improving strength, especially in a strong line dancing and ballroom dancing. Raising your heart rate can increase the resistance. Just like any form of dance exercise regularly to build strength.

Friday, 10 June 2011

The Most Popular Styles Of Modern Dance In The World



1. Ballet

This form of dance developed sometime in the sixteenth century in Europe has changed drastically since then. Now is an art that requires the grace and practice, and orchestral music and choreography, the music flowing, acrobatic style. There are various kinds Ballet of the present time, all of which are considered as key elements of their ancestor.
2. Salsa

A recent dance form born in the heart of the Caribbean, salsa is an energetic mix of dance forms in Europe and Africa. He combines these two legacies together and create an explosive fusion of gentle movements, is gaining popularity around the world in popular culture with each passing day
3.Popping

Popping is a dance where the dancer is fresh contract the muscles of his legs deliberately creating a tremor in his body - known as pop. This dance form is mainly associated with hip-hop, but slowly evolving into a broader platform. He quickly gained recognition among the masses.




4. Indian dance

To couple all of the Indian dances in one paragraph is a crime, but not to do so will exclude several other types from around the world. There are several Indian dance forms such as the kathak, kathakali, bharatnatyam, odissi, mohiniattam, manipuri, and kuchipudi – all of which are classical dance forms and have very old roots. Every one of these dance forms is an art in itself and requires lifelong practice to achieve excellence – and each one is supremely beautiful.
5. Ballroom dance
This dance too has its roots in the sixteenth century European society and was restricted to the privileged class who used to gather for ‘dances’ on special occasions. These partner dances have several different styles as the Waltz, Troika, etc.
6. Samba
This is a form of Brazilian popular dance that the whole world recognizes the carnival in Rio de Janeiro - where scantily clad samba dancers spin and primal drum beat. This is a dance rooted in African and European dance forms and has spread to much of South America.
7. Tap dance
This is a form of dance which involves the sound of ‘tap’ (created with the use of metal plates fixed on the soles of the shoes) used by the dancers to give rise to a rhythm while dancing. This dance form was predominantly influential in the UK, and later in the African subcontinent.
8. Belly Dance
The traditional Arabic dance Raqs Sharaq, is popularly known as belly dance in the Western world. There are many belly dance schools such as Egyptian, Turkish, and West - each of which is very sensitive, and fluid movements of the hips to the music.
9.Contemporary Dance
Contemporary dance is a kind of dance concert, which employs the philosophy of composition, rather than the choreography, motion guide unaccompanied. It uses dance techniques and methods are available in ballet, modern dance and postmodern dance, and it also draws on other concepts of movement that are outside the 
scope of the art of ballet.

10. Polka


This is a form of Central European dance that originated sometime in the mid-nineteenth century. It has since then evolved into several variants such as the ‘Polish Polka’, and the ‘Slovenian Polka’. This dance has a unique musical associated with it, both in American musical schools and in the classical musical school.





Sunday, 29 May 2011

So You Think You Can Dance Season-8's Judges


Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe holds a permanent place on the judges panel, and as previously announced, ballroom choreographer Mary Murphy returns with her “Hot Tomale” train after taking time off last season due to an illness.
The third judge will be filled on a rotating basis by guests including Robin Antin, Lil C, Tyce Diorio, Toni Redpath and Jason Gilkison.