The style, born out of the Hindi film industry in India, is a fusion of classic and traditional Indian dances with hip-hop, jazz, modern, salsa, folk, and a hint of belly dancing thrown in for good measure. It's typically performed to Indian music and features sharp, controlled movements with high energy. Complex hand positions (mudras) and unique facial expressions (abhinaya) are often incorporated into a Bollywood dance. The style was first introduced to "So You Think You Can Dance" in Season 4, when Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced a Nakul Dev Mahajan-choreographed routine to "Dhoom Taana," from the Indian film "Om Shanti Om."
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