World Dance Day: TV celebs who can really bust a move

Although work keeps them occupied, many telly actors make sure to take time out and pursue their hobbies. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that many of them love to dance and put in extra effort to keep their love for dancing alive. While some actors really know how to cut a rug, others just like to have fun. On World Dance Day today, we take a look at the small screen celebs who might surprise you with their dancing skills.
Sana Khaan
It’s no longer a surprise that Sana Khaan is a great dancer.While she became a household name after her stint on Bigg Boss, her dance videos with boyfriend Melvin Louis have made the actress a social media sensation too. Now, she has started learning belly dancing. She tells us, “Belly dancing is a visual treat, it’s all about loving your body and I always wanted to learn it. While growing up, dance was something that gave me a kick. It would make me feel happy, but I never thought that it would
become such an important part of my life. It gave me my soulmate. Melvin and I bonded over our love for dance.”
Ankitta Sharma
Ankitta Sharma owes her acting career to her love for dance
For Ankitta Sharma, “Acting happened because of dance.” “Someone saw me dancing in a competition and offered me a short film. It was this passion that made me realise that I could act,” she says. Ankitta’s dance videos often go viral and have made her a popular name. She adds, “When I first shifted to Mumbai for TV, I used to miss dancing. One day I decided to put up a dance video on Instagram, and it went viral. Then I realised that my fans love it, so I started recording my dance sessions. They appreciate it, and it makes me happy.”
Vivek Dahiya Vivek Dahiya, who won 'Nach Baliye 8' with his wife Divyanka Tripathi, says dance is liberating for him
There’s no doubt that Nach Baliye 8 winner Vivek Dahiya is a good dancer. His dance videos on the internet got many swooning over his skills. Confessing his love for dance, the actor tells us, “I love dancing. It inspires me in more than one ways. Though it isn’t easy, it sure is liberating. I am an impromptu dancer, but my body is always in rhythm. It instantly responds to beats. And being an actor, I get to dance often. When we are not shooting, we are either performing at award shows, entertainment gigs or private events across the country. I even dance between the shots with my Qayamat Ki Raat co-actor Manraj Singh. Both of us together can
literally burn the house down!”
Aashka Goradia Goble Aashka is learning pole dancing these days and says it’s an art
Aashka Goradia Goble, who has been practising yoga with her husband Brent Goble for quite some time now, recently enrolled herself in a pole-dancing class. “I always wanted to pole dance. Honestly, it is the most difficult thing I have attempted so far, but it is liberating. And it has nothing to do with stripping – pole dancing is an art. Dance has a very major role in my life. My husband and I do acro yoga and before doing that, we have a small dance session every day.”
Harshita Gaur
Harshita Gaur had started learning Kathak when she was in Class II
A trained Kathak dancer, Harshita Gaur feels that leaving her dance training midway was the biggest mistake of her life. However, the actress got back to her passion this year with a show which required her to dance. She says, “Dancing happened when I was in Class II. My mother made me join Kathak classes. I learnt it for six years and cleared four exams for it. Then I had to leave it, which was the biggest mistake of my life. But then finally because of my recent work, I managed to get back to it. I have been practising regulary now and will leave no stone unturned to ace the art.”
Sheen Dass
Sheen Dass works out by dancing for over two hours every day
Trained in salsa, contemporary, freestyle and hip-hop, Sheen Dass is now learning Kathak. “I have always been inclined towards learning an Indian dance form, particularly Kathak. Madhuri Dixit-Nene was my biggest inspiration to take up formal training in it. I hope that someday I will be able to perform as flawlessly and elegantly as her,” says the Shaadi Ke Siyape actress. She adds that she believes in sweating it out through dancing. “I don’t work out in the gym. It’s monotonous. I choose to burn calories by dancing my heart out at home for approximately two hours every day. I lock myself in my room, play the best music and dance. And trust me, I sweat much more than any person in the gym,” she tells us.
Sudha Chandran
Sudha Chandran says that “dance is the air I breathe”
Veteran actress Sudha Chandran grew up dancing and was an acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer before she became an actress. “I started dancing when I was three. My mother was a classical singer and even before she was married, she had decided that if she had a daughter, she would be a dancer. My father was a part-time typist in classical dancer Sudha Doreswamy’s house. He too had decided that if he had a daughter, she would be a classical dancer. It was all written for me,” she says. How is she keeping up with dance with her tight work schedule? She says, “I am occupied with shoots, but I still find time for dancing and practice whenever I can. It is something I love – dance is the air that I breathe.”