Britney Spears’ dad may be doing his best to keep a virtual chastity belt around her, but according to the Mirror, Britney’s now dating her choreographer. Sandip Soparrkar came up with the seductive moves for Britney’s “Womanizer” routine – you know, the one she’s been recycling over and over again for TV shows around the world over the last month. We all worried Britney wasn’t able to successfully perform more than one routine, but maybe it’s her preference for the choreographer that’s keeping her moves the same.

Brit and Sandip even spent Christmas together in his native India – which explains why we’ve seen so little of her lately.

Britney Spears has dated some fast movers and now she’s been swept off her feet by another – a Bollywood dance instructor. The Toxic star has been seeing Sandip Soparrkar, who choreographed her raunchy Womanizer video. Britney, 27, even flew to Jodhpur for a romantic three-day Christmas break with Sandip who is a pin-up in his native India.

The couple, who have been dating for three weeks, exchanged homemade pressies under the tree. Our source reveals: “It’s early days but their romance is going from strength to strength. Britney and Sandip tried to keep their reunion in India hush-hush as they’re determined to have a relationship just like any other couple. Sandip is very down to earth and keeps Britney grounded. He’s also quite spiritual and sensitive, which is a side of him she adores.

“For Christmas, Sandip – or Sandy as Britney calls him – presented her with a traditional Indian sari. She wore it during a candlelit dinner. The pair were whispering and giggling all night. Sandy ordered local delicacies including chicken tikka and a cottage cheese curry. Britney was nicking the dough balls from his plate. It was really cute.”

Britney, who met Sandip at a party thrown by Madonna earlier this year, is spending the New Year back in LA. And Sandy may jet over to see in 2009 with her. Her latest love is a far cry from her badboy exes, who include ex hubby Kevin Federline, Brit snapper Adnan Ghalib and Irish playboy Colin Farrell. In contrast, the only bad habit clean-cut Sandy is passing on to Britney is a love of sugar. The smitten star took home 3kg of churma – Indian nutmeg cakes – for her two sons. Ahh, how sweet!

[From the Mirror]

Woah, hold up. A love of sugar? That’s almost as dangerous to Britney as all those other “bad habits” she picked up from former loves. I mean we can all guess what kind of addictions K-Fed introduced her to, but we’re just guessing. We’ve got solid evidence of Brit’s sugar issues, in the form of a million discarded grande frappuccino cups. I’m sorry, but I consider these nutmeg cakes just as dangerous as if he’d handed her a crack pipe.

Jokes aside, from the Mirror’s description Sandip sounds pretty good. But the fact that Britney’s attracted to him makes me wonder what sort of drama he’s hidden behind the scenes. She seems to feed off that. Hopefully Brit’s making better decisions in both life and love, and if things get serious it’ll turn out Sandip’s a good guy.

Here’s Britney landing at LAX from Japan on December 17th. Images thanks to Splash via PicApp.