Dance India Dance
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LUX Dance India Dance is a reality
dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV
. The show has been produced by UTV Software Communications
and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers, such as Terence Lewis, Remo D'Souza
and Geeta Kapoor
. Bollywood
actor Mithun Chakraborty
is the grandmaster of the show. The show's title track was composed by Adil and Prashant and the title was inspired by Kannada film Dance Raja Dance. The show airs every Friday and Saturday. The winner of the first season was Salman Khan (Mohammed Y. K. Ghouse) from Bangalore
, representing Remo's team; the winner for the second season was Shakti Mohan from Mumbai, representing Terence's team.
choreographers. Thereafter the participants compete against each other. Some of the dance forms that are taught to the contestants are ballet
, acrobatics
, shadow dancing, mid-air dancing, Broadway theatre
, contemporary
, Bollywood, Latin, ballroom
, and hip-hop. The Grand Finale of the first season was on Saturday, May 30, 2009.
So far, there have been several series of Dance India Dance:
who will select top 18 contestants for the show. Top 3 contestants who will receive maximum number of votes will get a chance to participate in mega auditions.
, Delhi
, Kolkata
, Baroda, Raipur, Indore
, Patna
, Lucknow
, Jaipur
, Chandigarh
, Dehradun
, Guwahati
, Bhubaneshwar, Hyderabad, Dehradun
, Chennai
, Kolhapur, Imphal
, Rajkot and Bangalore
.
Jeetumoni was declared winner of DID L'il Masters after the finale.
The judges of DID L'il Masters are Bollywood's director-producer Farah Khan
and India's ballroom sensation Sandip Soparrkar.
Reality
In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...
dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...
. The show has been produced by UTV Software Communications
UTV Software Communications
UTV Software Communications Ltd., also known as United Television or UTV, is an Indian media and entertainment company owned by The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.-History:...
and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers, such as Terence Lewis, Remo D'Souza
Remo D'Souza
Remo D'Souza is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. Although he is mainly involved in choreography, he has also contributed to other Indian film industries, mainly Bengali cinema....
and Geeta Kapoor
Geeta Kapoor
Geeta Kapoor is an Indian choreographer, in Hindi films , and is presently one of the three judges for the Indian reality dance talent show, Dance India Dance - Season 2, where she is one of the three judges, who are also mentors to the shows 18 dancers, called 'Masters'.-Early life and...
. Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....
is the grandmaster of the show. The show's title track was composed by Adil and Prashant and the title was inspired by Kannada film Dance Raja Dance. The show airs every Friday and Saturday. The winner of the first season was Salman Khan (Mohammed Y. K. Ghouse) from Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, representing Remo's team; the winner for the second season was Shakti Mohan from Mumbai, representing Terence's team.
Concept
The show gathers raw talent aged 15 to 25 from all over India. Once chosen, the contestants are trained by professional BollywoodBollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
choreographers. Thereafter the participants compete against each other. Some of the dance forms that are taught to the contestants are ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
, acrobatics
Acrobatics
Acrobatics is the performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, as well as many sports...
, shadow dancing, mid-air dancing, Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
, contemporary
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
, Bollywood, Latin, ballroom
Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....
, and hip-hop. The Grand Finale of the first season was on Saturday, May 30, 2009.
So far, there have been several series of Dance India Dance:
- Dance India Dance (season 1)Dance India Dance (season 1)LUX Dance India Dance is a reality dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV. The show, Dance India Dance, has been produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is to be choreographed by some of the most...
- solo contestants - Dance India Dance (season 2)Dance India Dance (season 2)LUX Dance India Dance also known as DID is a reality dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV. The show, Dance India Dance has been produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's largest dance-based reality show...
- solo contestants - Dance India Dance Li'l MastersDance India Dance Li'l MastersDance India Dance Li'l Masters is a new dance reality show that will launch on Zee TV from April 30, 2010. The tag line of the show is Dance Ke Baap. The show timings are Fri-Sat 9.30 pm....
- for young dancers - Dance India Dance DoublesDance India Dance DoublesLUX Dance India Dance Doubles or DID Doubles is the third season of the reality dance show Dance India Dance that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV. The show has been produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's largest dance-based reality show...
- for paired dancers - Dance Ke SuperstarsDance Ke SuperstarsDance Ke Superstars is the fifth season of the Dance India Dance series being aired on Zee TV. The show features contestants from Season 1 competing against contestants from Season 2 and also features a few contestants from Dance India Dance Li'l Masters. This show has been produced by UTV Software...
- contestants from season 1 competing against contestants from season 2
Auditions
The contestants get a chance to perform before the talented panel of judges composed of Master Terrence Lewis, Master Remo d'souza and Master Geeta Kapur. The mega auditions are held before the grand master Mithun ChakrabortyMithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....
who will select top 18 contestants for the show. Top 3 contestants who will receive maximum number of votes will get a chance to participate in mega auditions.
Offline Auditions
Auditions for Dance India Dance Season 3 will be held as a multi-city auditions from October and all through November, dancers across India can come to their nearest centre / cities - MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, Baroda, Raipur, Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
, Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
, Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
, Dehradun
Dehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
, Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
, Bhubaneshwar, Hyderabad, Dehradun
Dehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, Kolhapur, Imphal
Imphal
Imphal is the capital of the Indian state of Manipur.In the heart of the town and surrounded by a moat, are ruins of the old Palace of Kangla. Kangla Fort used to be the home of the Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force and on November 2004 it was handed over to state of Manipur by Prime minister Dr....
, Rajkot and Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
.
Online Auditions
Dancers can also participate in the auditions online via the Official DID 3 Website. This website has been created to help and enable dancers in every part of the country to upload videos of their performances. Participants can then share their performances online to get maximum votes and get shortlisted for the mega auditions.Finalists
| Male contestants: Salman Khan (Remo Ke Rangeelay), Siddhesh Pai (Geeta Ki Gang), Jai Kumar Nair (Terence Ki Toli), Dharmesh Yelande Dharmesh Yelande Dharmesh Yelande popularly known in the dance world as Dharmesh Sir is a dancer and choreographer from India. He is mainly known for participating in shows like Dance India Dance , Dance India Dance Li'l Masters, and Dance Ke Superstars all of which aired on Zee TV... (Geeta Ki Gang) and Punit Pathak (Remo Ke Rangeelay) |
Female contestants: Alisha Singh (Terence Ki Toli), Shakti Mohan (Terence Ki Toli) and Binny Sharma (Geeta Ki Gang) |
Season 1
The final show aired on May 30, 2009. The winner was Salman Khan (from Remo Ke Rangeelay). Alisha Singh (from Terence Ki Toli) was named first runner-up. Siddhesh Pai (from Geeta Ki Gang) was named second runner-up. Jai Kumar Nair (from Terence Ki Toli) was third runner-up in this season.Season 3
Zee TV announced the return of the Dance India Dance Season 3. DID 3 auditions will be held across 21 cities in India.Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
Thousands of dancing wonders from the age group 5-13 were auditioned for DID L'il Masters by Remo D'Souza, Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Sandip Soparrkar. The auditions were held in Delhi, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Nagpur, Guwahati, Kolkatta, Patna, Vadodara and Mumbai. From these, 100 stars were selected by the jury for the mega auditions in Mumbai.Jeetumoni was declared winner of DID L'il Masters after the finale.
The judges of DID L'il Masters are Bollywood's director-producer Farah Khan
Farah Khan
Farah Khan is an Indian film director and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographical work in numerous Bollywood films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films. Khan has since become a noted Hindi film director as well...
and India's ballroom sensation Sandip Soparrkar.