Dance, What an art!
The graceful swaying of the body, the beautiful eyes expressing a whole array of emotions, the delicate movements of the fingers, the rhythmic tapping of the feet, perfectly inline with the background music - all these make me go bonkers about it, just 'Wow'!
How I wish I could dance so gracefully!
Dance is one art which I have always appreciated. But, the desire to become a dancer myself is still a dream close to heart, and will remain one forever. I would rather appreciate people dancing than starting to dance myself :)
I strongly feel that any art is an innate talent, God's gift, and excels only when nurtured and nourished well.
Children should be exposed to all forms of art very early in their childhood. After a certain age inhibitions creep in leading to suppressions of the inborn talent.
Recently I happened to watch a baby girl, around 4 years of age, performing a contemporary dance drama. Oh! she was perfection personified! Audience was awestruck. The theme of the play tried to bring out the effusive emotions in a mother-child relationship and the contentment in motherhood. All throughout I was engrossed in watching the acrobatic moves of the baby girl. She was at her best. Only a prodigy can perform so well, given her age and the intricate expressions that were needed to bring out the abstract theme.
No prejudices, but I am more attracted to watch young delicate girls dancing.
Remember Ayesha Takia in the movie 'Dor'?! Of late, whenever I think of delicate girls' dancing I am reminded of the clip in this movie, in which she spontaneously dances for a hindi movie song in front of her husband, for him and just for him. She dances happily and freely, trying to indicate the strength and closeness of their relationship. Lucky is that man!
Let me recall one more similar clip from 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', where Aishwarya Rai yields to Ajay Devgan's request to dance with him in a small club party. The small dance helped bridge the gap between them in the movie. Yeah, that was all in the movie! But anyway, Dance has its own powers.
It is a divine form of art. Mythological stories say that even Gods loved dancing. Lord Nataraja is considered the God of dances. Havent we noticed his idol adorned in all theatres set for classical dances?!
Oh yes! Classical dances have got me spellbound everytime. It is amazing to see the dancers express devotion in their eyes and body language with highest level of unparalleled excellence.
Dance shares an unbreakable bond with music. For us, music is the rythmic, well-set sound of instruments or vocals. But, even nature is music. The sound of rain, the zephyr after rain, is all music for natural dancers like the peacocks.
There can be no dancing without music.
While music is more of a anytime-anywhere kind of art, Dance is slightly limiting. Am I categorically concluding here?
I can hum my favorite tunes anywhere without really bothering of the people around me, but I cannot really start dancing anywhere and everywhere :)
Whatever it is, Dance is one of the best artistic forms of nonverbal expressions. Not all are blessed to become best of the dancers. Nevertheless, most of us are fortunate to definitely enjoy and appreciate it.
The graceful swaying of the body, the beautiful eyes expressing a whole array of emotions, the delicate movements of the fingers, the rhythmic tapping of the feet, perfectly inline with the background music - all these make me go bonkers about it, just 'Wow'!
How I wish I could dance so gracefully!
Dance is one art which I have always appreciated. But, the desire to become a dancer myself is still a dream close to heart, and will remain one forever. I would rather appreciate people dancing than starting to dance myself :)
I strongly feel that any art is an innate talent, God's gift, and excels only when nurtured and nourished well.
Children should be exposed to all forms of art very early in their childhood. After a certain age inhibitions creep in leading to suppressions of the inborn talent.
Recently I happened to watch a baby girl, around 4 years of age, performing a contemporary dance drama. Oh! she was perfection personified! Audience was awestruck. The theme of the play tried to bring out the effusive emotions in a mother-child relationship and the contentment in motherhood. All throughout I was engrossed in watching the acrobatic moves of the baby girl. She was at her best. Only a prodigy can perform so well, given her age and the intricate expressions that were needed to bring out the abstract theme.
No prejudices, but I am more attracted to watch young delicate girls dancing.
Remember Ayesha Takia in the movie 'Dor'?! Of late, whenever I think of delicate girls' dancing I am reminded of the clip in this movie, in which she spontaneously dances for a hindi movie song in front of her husband, for him and just for him. She dances happily and freely, trying to indicate the strength and closeness of their relationship. Lucky is that man!
Let me recall one more similar clip from 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', where Aishwarya Rai yields to Ajay Devgan's request to dance with him in a small club party. The small dance helped bridge the gap between them in the movie. Yeah, that was all in the movie! But anyway, Dance has its own powers.
It is a divine form of art. Mythological stories say that even Gods loved dancing. Lord Nataraja is considered the God of dances. Havent we noticed his idol adorned in all theatres set for classical dances?!
Oh yes! Classical dances have got me spellbound everytime. It is amazing to see the dancers express devotion in their eyes and body language with highest level of unparalleled excellence.
Dance shares an unbreakable bond with music. For us, music is the rythmic, well-set sound of instruments or vocals. But, even nature is music. The sound of rain, the zephyr after rain, is all music for natural dancers like the peacocks.
There can be no dancing without music.
While music is more of a anytime-anywhere kind of art, Dance is slightly limiting. Am I categorically concluding here?
I can hum my favorite tunes anywhere without really bothering of the people around me, but I cannot really start dancing anywhere and everywhere :)
Whatever it is, Dance is one of the best artistic forms of nonverbal expressions. Not all are blessed to become best of the dancers. Nevertheless, most of us are fortunate to definitely enjoy and appreciate it.
