Bollywood music’s popularity transcends India’s borders. Recently, a man was surprised to hear a song from the 90s playing in the wilderness of Cambodia. While exploring foreign countries can be quite fun, one would often come across unexpected things. Amit Bansal, a retired Army major, was amused to hear the tune of a Hindi song playing on a forest trail. A video he shared on Twitter shows a group of women dancing gracefully to ‘Mhare Hiwda Mein Naache Mor’ from Hum Saath Saath Hai. Bansal, who was travelling in the southeast Asian

It’s ‘Overture! Curtain! Lights!’ for Grade 12 dance students at Ottawa’s Canterbury High School. Students are showcasing their work on stage for the first time in three years, despite a cancelled class. “I’ve been looking forward to this pretty much my entire high school experience,” says Kampbell Featherstone. Students prepare their own pieces to show in front of an audience. “The big reason why I came to Canterbury,” said Natasha Prystasz, “I’ve always dreamed of creating my own piece and getting to share it with my fellow dancers in my class.” The

Artists painting murals in real-time, lines snaking up to food trucks and trumpet sounds blaring from the City Hall stage as crowds dance and sway to tunes straight from New Orleans — this is PVDFest. The three-day fête returned to downtown after a quiet two years during which the pandemic kept the party away. From Friday to Sunday, nothing could rain on the revelry. Rows of merchants and outposts filling plastic drink cups to the brim took over Providence’s streets where visitors roamed between musical acts. For some, it was a

Sisters Ava and Emily Radics from Saskatoon have always loved to dance. The sisters joined Dance Collective YXE, an all-inclusive dance program offering classes of every genre as well as programs for those in wheelchairs and those with cognitive and physical impairments. Their passion started when they were just kids copying moves they saw on TV. “Then we just started doing duets and we finally found a group where we can both be a part of it and it was inclusive for both of us,” Ava said. “We offer a variety of