How do you divide time between acting and dancing?
My shooting schedule provides me windows between two projects, which I devote to dance. For instance, I will perform tango in Bengaluru next month. I take my dance very seriously and don’t like to do a haphazard job of it. Dance is part of indigenous people around the world. Dance is a basic, primal part of human existence. It is a form of self-expression; something we are unfortunately moving away from. On the health parameters, it is good for the heart and also prevents degenerative brain diseases.

What is Afro rumba?

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"Afro Rumba originated in Solares, Spain, where freed slaves lived after slavery was abolished in 1886. Rumba is also a synonym of 'party' and began as a type of a get-together dance. People of African descent would get together play music and chant and dance very rhythmic dances," explains Namrata Wittke, choreographer and director of Rare Grooves Dance Company, who has choreographed Gidwani and other dancers for the first all ladies Afro rumba with Orishas performance. Elaborating on the presentation, she adds, "During the slave trade, the Yoruba of southwest Nigeria were brought to Cuba and were forbidden from practising their religion by their Spanish masters. In order to continue their magical and religious observances safely, the slaves opted for the disguise of their deities, the Orishas, with some Catholic saints worshipped by the Spaniards. In this manner, they were able to worship their deities without danger of punishment. We have combined Afro Rumba with two powerful Orishas, Yemaya and Oya, for an Afro Cuban performance."

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