Dance India Dance: An inspirational show
Each participant on the show of
'Dance India Dance' has a different story to tell but share similar
spirit of dancing. To see physically challenged people like Kamlesh
perform on the show is inspirational.
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deepa mishra, 4 Mar 2009
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THE
MOTIVATING concept of 'Dance India dance' on Zee TV stands it out in
countless dance reality show coming up every season. This show may not
have TRP pulling charismatic stars but it has intentions of brushing up
the raw talents from different corners of India.
Contestants
are segregated into groups as Geeta ki gang, Remo ke rasiley and
Terence ki toli wherein they are mentored rigorously by Geeta Kapur,
Remo D'souza and Terence Lewis respectively to give their best shot on
the platform of their lifetime. As of now Remo is leading with all his
Rasileys alive in the show.
"At
this stage I cannot pick any names for top three as promising
performers have also been eliminated in the show earlier like Mandakini
Jena and Shubo Das. Thomas Paulson from Geeta's group had to leave the
show due to injury. Right now each one is working hard and giving their
best so nothing can be predicted," explains Terence.
Recently
Alisha Singh, a contestant who has never worn sandals before 'Dance in
dance' happened to her, performed salsa flawlessly. Nonie Sachdev has
been performing brilliantly besides her bulky physique. Other
contestant Paulson Thomas, though he suffered from back inflammation,
pleaded to the supreme judge Mithun for the permission to perform.
Mithun refused to give him permission to perform to the cost of his
life. It is evident from these facts and incidences that through such
shows dancing has now become bigger.
Dance India dance is not the platform where only contestants learn and derive inspiration.
In fact to see physically challenged people like Kamlesh
performing on the show is inspirational and have also changed the
mentor's perception towards life. "I have always wished to die if I
ever lose any of my body part in accident but am touched after seeing
Kamlesh's performance", said Lewis, mentor on the show. We keep
complaining about life but Kamlesh is truly an inspiration for all of
us. "Keeping Kamlesh's physical limitations in mind we evaluated him on
basis of choreography, posture, energy and expressions and yes he is no
less because he is not mentally challenged".
Kamlesh
is no more in the show; it would have been an unfair judgment, as it is
purely a dance show, which will be evaluated technically for the genres
of dances like Indian classical, folk, rumba, salsa or Bollywood.
Growing
popularity of the show signifies the success of the organisers' attempt
to teach India all forms of dance beyond typical Bollywood dance.
