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What is Bollywood Dancing?

Bollywood dancing is a commercial name for modern Indian dancing. It's a combination of classical Indian dance (which is the base), folk dancing such as Bhangra and sometimes has a Latino and Arabic influence.

It's fun and very expressive and there's a lot of deep meaning behind music in the films. You can actually express what the music means, through the graceful movements of the body.

Bollywood Dancing

		Today, the term “Bollywood” often refers to the style of dance that is used in Indian films. But originally, “Bollywood” referred to the film industry of Bombay, not specifically to a form of dance.
	Bombay, now Mumbai, is the capital of India’s film industry. Mumbai, as the Hollywood of India, releases a huge number of films each year, about three per day, according to a BBC estimate. India’s film industry began officially in 1913, and the history of this industry is,in itself,long and complicated. But one important development came in the 1930s when Indian filmmakers were able to add sound to their movies,With sound, Indian filmmakers added one of the most important trademarks of modern Bollywood films: dancing.
		Musical Bollywood films often feature several—three, four, or more— complicated group dance sequences, complete with song and bright costumes. Because dancing is so important in a Bollywood production, the style of dance that is used in these films has come to be known as, simply, Bollywood dance.
	Bollywood dance, today, combines traditional Indian dance styles with the choreography of Western styles like modern, jazz, and hip-hop. In the 1980s and 1990s, Western music videos reached India, and the dancers choreographing Indian films adapted many moves from the music videos of Western artists.