Recently I saw a beautiful young (East) Indian woman dancing a classical dance. One unusual move she did was strike the stage floor with her heels to make a drum sound.

My husband and I loved her dance. It had ways to move the body that I had never seen before and never dreamed of.

Her dance was part of a preliminary performance by a local dance group. It was shorter but far better than the dull, cold-blooded performance by professional musicians which followed.