With dance shows becoming such a hit on television, I realised how much dance is a part of Indian tradition. We have connected with our gods through dance. Our gods dance.

My friend, Mandakini Trivedi, the classical danseuse, once noted that dance is the only art form to exist both in time and space. Music does not occupy space, but it occupies time. Plastic arts do not occupy time but they do occupy space. Perhaps that is why dance is special: it cannot be captured. Every moment marks creation of one pose, one gesture, one expression and the destruction of another.