I AM an expert on dance but not in this Bollywood genre. Can someone explain it to me? From the other comments I’ve read, I am getting the vibe that it doesnt truly have much to do with Classical Indian Dance. I thought Katee and Josh looked absolutely terrific. In fact, so far this season, this has been the ONLY dance to put a smile on my face. I, being Puerto Rican, have actually grown quite tired of seeing all the salsa and samba that goes on that stage. So this was such an awesome and refreshing change for me. And I do harbor somewhat of a love for Middle Eastern Indian Culture. (We don’t see too much of it in South Florida and I am SO wanting to find a school where I can learn Indian dance) Anyway, I think Indian Dance in itself is very captivating and I thought the fast pace and wonderfully rhythmic beat of the Bollywood style was fantastic.

In Response to this last comment especially, I teach Bollywood Dance in S.Florida. I have been dancing and performing for as long as I can remember. http://www.ominmotion.com

*Here’s the answer to what Bollywood Dance entails: The style of dance is derived from the Bollywood Film Industry. It is characterized by various forms of Classical Indian Dance such as, Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, and Odissi; and combines inspired movement from other genres such as Ballet, Hip Hop, Yoga, Salsa, Samba, Belly Dancing, African and much more. Therefore, this unique dance form style gains its energy, spirit and power from literally emoting lyrics with expressions.

In any case watch ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ its a great introduction to Bollywood.

I fell in love with So You Think You Can Dance last summer and couldn’t wait until this summer to watch again. I am religious to the show so you can imagine how thrilled i was when i saw that Bollywood Dance was about to be performed by Joshua and Katie …I absolutely adored Joshua in this performance. Not to mention I’m very glad that he won. I still feel they danced it best on the grand finale evening. However, their initial performance was, in my opinion much better than the group one. Most would agree that Bollywood is meant to be glamorous. In my opinion, I didn’t feel the glamour that i’m used to seeing but this is due to the costumes. I believe they made the viewers new to indian culutre, confused by wearing ‘Aladdin’-like costumes. Overall, I had goosebumps watching the performances because its amazing to see Bollywood come to life. Therefore I don’t mean any harm in my opinion as its merely constructive. I also believe that the camera angles on this seasons show were really disspointing.. not to mention mary murphy’s screams.. Love all the dancers..

I remember watching soviet propaganda movies in India. We used to have a russian helical antenna that broadcasted russian porgams, before Doordarshan started broadcasting its programs. I wonder, whether someone had lifted those steps to Bhangra!. The early bollywood music and dance was highly influenced by portugese music(Byla) and ballroom dancing from Goa.

Enjoy this cute and lovely amateur Kollywood Deepavali performance from Japanese Kids.

They never said, it was an Indian classical dance, it was “Bollywood Dancing”, so why are people expecting “its should have been a bit delicate & precise & the eye and the expressions all have to match it”.

Bollywood actors/actresses are cocky/vulgar and overly dramatic in their dancing. The emphasis in the West is more of man/woman equality and true partnership. That’s why Katie appears “robotic” to people who do not appreciate women’s strength. She did a great job.