The festival has come to India as part of a proliferation of international dance and music.
Local and international dance, music, theater and circus productions - more than 12,000 events in all - are planned.
Now the oldest annual international dance film festival, it also ranks as one of the best.
One of the best events put on in the city is Grec, an annual festival of international dance, music, and theater.
But this rustic retreat is at a major intersection of international dance.
School assemblies are made spectacular through national and international dances of different cultures.
Salsa dancing is an international dance that can be found in most metropolitan cities in the world.
The show is allegedly one of the draws of Birmingham's 2012 international dance festival.
This will be a weekend of international dance at the Pillow.
Yet what is now the most famous male duet in the international dance world is more about love than lovers.