It is a wide known thought that Shiva performs the Tandav when he is angry, but the first time he danced, it was not to create destruction but to please Devi Parvati and ask forgiveness from all her complaints. In this podcast I talk all there is about the birth of dance in the context of Indian mythology and the famed Nataraj pose, the Nritya Shastra, Natya Shastra and their importance in Indian art forms.