Dance

Ujjwala Sahane was contemplating ending her life when her daughter had a fall that left her deaf and paralysed. A Bharatnatyam dancer today, this is her story of hope.

Dance has no gender. When Ghaziabad's Suraj Kumar quit his job to devote his time to Kathak, everyone jeered. Now the same people come to his shows.

Rukmini Devi Arundale wanted to transform the way people looked at Bharatnatyam, a dance form which was once performed only by devadasis. She and her husband established a dance and music academy called Kalakshetra at Adyar near Chennai to encourage others to learn such art forms.

Dance transformed Pune-based Hrishikesh Pawar for the better, and now he’s helping thousands of patients of Parkinson’s disease experience the same joy with free dance therapy.

Devoted to Kathak since the age of six, Alaknanda Dasgupta refuses to let cancer stand in the way of doing what she loves most — performing on stage. She shares her journey.

Gulabo Sapera from Pushkar, a survivor of female infanticide, is now a role model for many girls. Watch her journey of mastering the Sapera folk dance and taking it to the world stage.

Vinay Sharma left his job as an AD in Bollywood to start Dance Out of poverty, an initiative that has trained over 3,000 children from Delhi’s slums for free.

Husnain started We Are One dance academy in 2016 that teaches Salsa, Bharatanatyam and more to over 90 persons with disabilities.

Patiala-born Hardeep Singh Sahota runs the Royal Academy of Bhangra in Canada and is the first certified bhangra instructor in the country, working to take Punjabi culture and dance forms across the globe.

Saajan Singh from Jalandhar, Punjab, is a self-taught b-boy dancer. His unbridled passion took him to the Dance India Dance stage, made him a choreographer, teacher and a body double for Salman Khan in moves like Race 3 and Tiger Zinda Hai.