Bollywood

The term Bollywood was born from the union of two words: Bombay (the city now called Mumbai) and Hollywood. Bollywood is based in Mumbai (India) and is the largest film industry in the world in terms of the number of films produced and the number of tickets sold each year. The international appeal of Bollywood dance has existed for decades now. Bollywood films and its dance have achieved worldwide fame. The main features of Bollywood films are elaborate dance sequences and original soundtracks. Over the years, Bollywood films have developed their own distinctive style of music and dance, which combines the rich tradition of classical and folk dances of India with the fusion of elements of jazz, hip hop, Middle Eastern and Latin forms.

The benefits of Bollywood dance:

1 Super immersive music. Bollywood music sounds like a strange mix between indian traditional, ethnic and pop music, full of rhythm but also of melody and amazing voices. It is impossible not to want to dance after listening to even a few notes!

2 Full body workout. Bollywood dance is a complete training for the whole body. Made up of many common steps and figures taken from different dances, it provides a significant job of cardio as well as flexibility, speed of execution and isolation technique movements. 

3 Improve your sense of rhythm. This is because Bollywood dance is strongly based on rhythm, always marked and engaging.

4 Improve your musical sense. Bollywood dance makes your way of hearing music and moving your body on it much more fluid and casual, and this can be very useful if you also study other dance styles.

5 It is a lot of fun! Whether you dance alone or in a group, Bollywood dance is made to have fun, full of expressive gestures, as each song tells a story. It promotes sociability and is perfect for raising your mood after a hard day’s work! In Bollywood, colourful clothes and accessories also play their part.

6 It is an immersion of culture. Let’s not forget that India has age-old traditions that are inevitably reflected in this form of expressive art. Bollywood dancing is like taking a colourful journey into a vary and exotic world.

7 It is truly suitable for everyone. But all of them! Adults, children, women, men, professional or amateur dancers, anyone can learn and have fun in this dance. Just attend classes, learn the main steps and gradually practice the different choreographies.