Dance your way out of stress — that is the new fitness mantra for thousands of young IT and BPO professionals in the country.

After intense work pressure began taking a toll on their health, an increased fitness awareness has set in, paving the way for mushrooming of dance studios which offer “shake-a-leg-to- stay fit” programmes, say industry insiders.

“Within a short span, there has been a steady rise in the number of dance studios and professionals who frequent them, says Lokesh Naik, a senior technical writer with an IT firm and a regular visitor to the Bangalore arm of dance studio network ‘Swingers’.

According to B Murali, noted film choreographer and founder of Chennai-based Swingers, 30 to 40 dance studios have come up in Chennai while around 50 in Bangalore, all within a short span.
Swingers has six branches across the country and abroad has over 1,000 students on its rolls, of which more than 50 per cent are IT or BPO professionals, he adds.

Many companies, including Microsoft, IBM and Club Mahindra had dance trainings and workshops organized by Swingers, Murali says.

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