vadodara citys prominent danseuse has been invited to present a paper at the fifth world congress of the international organization of folk art professor parul shah head of ms universitys department of dance at faculty of performing arts will present a paper on the mystic and the erotic union of the opposites at ulanude the capital of the republic of buryatia russia the fifth world congress is being held on the theme of the musical creativity as a factor in the development of intercultural dialogue it is being organized jointly by the international organization of folk art ministry of culture of the russian federation united nations educational scientific and cultural organization and the ulanude academy which is the host institution shahs paper will look into the mystic erotic performing forms originated and nourished in diametrically opposite religious background perhaps they are more relevant today in this global universe the paper will also examine the works of a few dancers and musicians who have expanded their reach and passion nourishing on each other shah told toi the dance educators paper deals with the indian classical dance as the spiritual form wherein the dancer through her dance conveys her longing to be united with the god it also talks about the mystical dimension of islam sufism