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Aa Tayar Hoja
A wonderful song from the film Asoka, this piece entices listeners to get ready to set out for a boat ride to the shores of love. ''Come get ready...Once on board the evening ship, get yourself settled in.Somewhere or other will be a shore. Come, come, come, ready yourself, ready yourself.Come having swum, come having drowned; we must cross...The evening shall be ecstasy. The lips shall be mine but the thoughts shall be yours. The talk will be innocent also a little sweet, flavored with honey.''
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Bollywood: Mahi Ve
A favorite piece for weddings, this dance is set to a song that praises the beauty and allure of a bride.
Choreography and Costume Design:
Laurel Victoria Gray
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Ghanan Ghanan
In the film Lagaan, villagers suffer a terrible drought, made worse by an unfair tax imposed by the British. The people beg the black clouds to rain and bring an end to the killing drought -- but the rainclouds are capricious.
Choreography and Costume Design
by Laurel Victoria Gray
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Ghoomar: Rajastani Dance
The women of Rajasthan perform Ghoomar dance on any joyous occasion, to celebrate life stages and yearly festivals. Traditionally when a new bride enters her husband's family home, she dances with the women of the family to celebrate her new status as a wife.
Choreography: Jogendra Sundar Desai
Costumes: Created in India for Silk Road Dance Company with special assistance of Asha Vattakutti and Christel Stevens.
Photo by Charles Stark.
Watch a clip on YouTube at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uybp0_e7Xn8&feature=channel
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Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha
A lively, contemporary version of a traditional Punjabi dance form that now enjoys worldwide popularity. ''This love is sweeter than brown sugar. You may take my life, but don’t speak a word against my beloved!''
Choreography and Costume Concept by
Laurel Victoria Gray
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Hum Aur Tum
Set to a popular song by A. R. Rahman from the film Bombay, this dance celebrates the Indian film dance style that draws on folk and traditional elements of contemporary dance styles. The romantic lyrics of this song speak of the love of a newlywed couple.
Choreography and Costume Concept
by Laurel Victoria Gray
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Suno Re
This dance prefigures the melding of Indian and Central Asian dance, which met under Tamerlane's descendants, and eventually became the classical Indian form, Kathak. The words speak of a longing for lost love and the anguish of being trapped like a bird in a cage.
Choreography and costume design: Laurel Victoria Gray
Watch a clip on YouTube at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdc_wliVypc&feature=PlayList&p=2D43BB17120BCE5C&index=1
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