Any Body Can Dance (“ABCD” backronym)

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Entry from November 04, 2013

Any Body Can Dance (“ABCD” backronym)

“ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)” is a saying that is becoming increasing popular in dance. ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013) was the title of an Indian film. ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2003) was also the title of a CD-Rom by Scottish Youth Dance.

Wikipedia: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance
ABCD: Anybody Can Dance is a 2013 Indian 3D dance film directed and choreographed by choreographer Remo D’Souza and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya in key roles. The participants of Dance India Dance also appear.[3] Along with the Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions titled Aadalam Boys Chinnatha Dance and ABCD respectively. The film, made at a budget of Rs 12 crore, was released worldwide on February 8, 2013.

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magazine article | Published in TES (Times Educational Supplement) Newspaper on 13 June, 2003
Last Updated:12 May, 2008
ABCD: Any Body Can Dance is a multi-featured CD-Rom designed by Scottish Youth Dance to offer specialist advice and support for dance students and teachers.

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Company of Angels:
Four Plays
By John Retallack
London: Oberon
2007
Pg. 11:
His company’s first very popular CD-ROM for schools is called ABCD (“Any Body Can Dance”).

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OCLC WorldCat record
ABCD : any body can dance
Author: Remo D’Souza; Ronnie Screwvala; Siddharth Roy Kapur; Prabhu Deva; Ganesh Acharya; All authors
Publisher: Mumbai : Reliance Big Entertainment, 2013.
Edition/Format: DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : Hindi : [Widescreen ed.
Database: WorldCat
Summary:
A dance teacher takes on the challenge of mentoring a group of untrained dancers to set-up the best dance squad in the country.
Rating:
(not yet rated)
Subjects
Dance teachers—India—Drama.
Dancers—India—Drama.

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