Bollywood dance classes in Bangkok
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(19 Jul 2010)
AP Television
Bangkok, Thailand – 14 June 2010
1. Wide tilt up from dancer’s feet to Bollywood dance students practicing
2. Medium of three students dancing
3. Close of female student dancing
4. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Siriwan Wangvilai, Bollywood Dance Student:
« We don’t know what each Indian song means, so the master will explain the meaning every time. He tells us this sentence means so and so. Dancing is not just dancing, but we get a feeling of the dance too and we can put emotion into it. And it helps to burn fat too, so dancing helps to get your body in shape. »
5. Close tilt up from Bollywood dance teacher’s feet to him leading students
6. Wide of Bollywood dance teacher leading class
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nareen Nyathi, Bollywood Dance Instructor:
« Basically, they love Indian culture, so they see many Bollywood movies, and they love to listen to Bollywood music all the time. And when they come here, when they listen to Bollywood songs, they may not understand the language, but they understand the language of music. It’s really good. »
8. Pan from statue of Indian god Shiva to exterior of fitness club building
9. Tilt up on Shiva statue
10. Close of Shiva statue’s face
11. Tilt up on Bollywood dance students dancing
12. Pan students dancing
13. Close of woman dancing
14. Tilt up from woman’s feet to her dancing
15. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Rujapa Chiddrattantham, Bollywood Dance Student:
« The reason I like Bollywood dancing is first because of movies. I’ve seen many Indian movies. I also like the way they dance, the way they use body language. I like it a lot. Their way of dancing is strange and looks like fun. It doesn’t matter if the song is slow or fast, we are able to, like for slow songs, we are able to dance fast steps. Even when the music is slow, we can dance with very quick movements. »
16. Pan from Bollywood dance teacher to students practicing dance steps
17. Various of dance students practicing routine
18. Woman’s feet as she dances
19. Side shot of dancers including one man practicing
21. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Anu Promkun, Tour Guide and Bollywood Dancer:
« When I was younger, I used to like watching Indian movies. And I like Indian songs, because the songs are very different and more difficult to understand than Thai songs. If anyone wants to listen, they have to go all the way to Pahurat, so I registered and think that it works the body, at almost every body part, because in Indian dancing required you to use many positions. »
22. Wide side shot of dancers practicing
23. Medium of female dancer with others in background and tilt down to woman’s feet as she dances
24. Dancers moving then holding still in dance pose
25. Close of woman’s hips with gold belt around her waist as she dances
26. Pan across dancers
27. Close of woman dancing
28. Wide of students dancing
29. Close of woman dancing
LEAD IN:
In Bangkok Bollywood dancing is taking off big style.
The fast-paced moves are attracting fans of the music and the Indian movie culture, plus there’s a bonus: the dancing can help you to lose weight.
STORYLINE:
Thailand may be thousands of kilometres from India, but Bollywood cinema is making an impact here.
There are legions of Indian film fans in the Thai capital.
And now hundreds of Thais are training to master the rhythmic, alluring, and acrobatic art of Bollywood dancing.
Many Thais don’t understand all of the Hindi lyrics, but that doesn’t stop them from dancing like professionals.
Bollywood dance instructor Nareen Nyathi grew up in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
Four years ago he began teaching Bollywood dance classes in Bangkok.
He now leads three or four classes a week, and he has as many as 500 Thai students.
As many as 85,000 Indians live in Thailand.
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