Discover the world of Sandip Soparrkar, internationally acclaimed Indian ballroom dancer, choreographer, and TEDx speaker, through his columns on Life and More. He shares his unique perspective on dance, creativity, performing arts, and the business of art, blending practical advice with personal experiences.
Explore his articles to learn about innovative choreography, cultural trends, artistic inspiration, and stories from the global dance and entertainment industry. Whether you’re an aspiring dancer, artist, or simply a lover of culture, Sandip’s writings offer guidance, insight, and inspiration.
A Broadway style musical based on the facts around Kohinoor, the world’s most celebrated diamond The largest cut diamond in the world, the magnificent Kohinoor, is claimed to be weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g) and one of the most priced part of the British Crown Jewels. If one wishes to see this world famous diamond, it is on public display […]Read More
Choreographer Longinus Fernandes pours out his heart Today, I want you all to meet a dynamic Bollywood choreographer who has made our country proud the world over. I met him over a decade back when I was the technical director of the season one of the super hit television reality series Jhalak Dikhla Jaa which […]Read More
For some dancers, work never stops. It doesn’t matter whether they are physically present at a rehearsal hall or not, these dancers clock in early to write that choreography, make arrangements for clothes, skip lunch to finish a creative planning conversation on the phone and again stay back till late, waiting for approvals and whatever […]Read More
Bollywood is over a 100 years old and produces the highest number of films in a year in the world: six-seven movies release every week which means 300-350 movies a year. So can you well imagine if we release so many films in a year, how many of them must we be making because every […]Read More
American choreographer and social activist honoured by the German Federal government While dancing in India, be it Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Lavni or any classical or folk dance form, dancers wear ghungroos (small metallic bells when tied together make music). These ghungroos, worshipped and taken great care of by the dancers, are placed at the feet […]Read More
There are some artistes who mesmerise on stage through their performance and then there are dancers who play the role of the opposite sex with such ease that it leaves the audience speechless. I am talking about one such superbly talented artiste who portrays both purusha vesham (male form) and stree vesham (female form) with […]Read More
The first day of the two-day art festival, Ekam, curated and organised by the superbly creative Kalashree Lata Surendra opened with Lataji saying, “If the mountain does not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. That’s what this dynamic dance teacher to actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has done, taking art from the confines […]Read More
This beautiful world looks even more beautiful to us because of artistes who show us the various colours of life around. There are different types of artistes in this world. Some are singers, dancers, painters, musicians and many more. But there are a few who are all-in-one. It has been a while that I have […]Read More
It is said for a dancer that dance should always be a very spiritual thing, a way that connects him or her to the supreme power, the power that has blessed the dancer with the gift of dance. Each move, each step, each expression slowly and steadily brings the dancer closer to the divine power. […]Read More
In India, there are a number of privately run dance schools and institutions that teach various Indian classical dances. Some of these schools are run by renowned classical dancers but one institution that is class apart and has a made a name for itself all over the world is Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya with its […]Read More
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