Word: fusions
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Tropicalism emerged out of the fusion of bossa nova and samba, with varied international influences—the Beatles, Miles Davis, and James Brown, as well as urban African rhythms from Senegal, South Africa, and Nigeria. The result was a unique sound that profoundly altered the cultural landscape of Brazil...
...open exchange of ideas is fundamental to his progressive approach towards cultural growth. These cultural centers, as well as file sharing, are new ways of bringing the same fusion that was at the core of the Tropicalist movement to flourishing musical movements in Brazil and the world...
...Dance: A Bollywood Journey” is an example of the ten dance performances in the show, which cover a broad range of dances from South Asia (and the South Asian diaspora,) from the Punjabi Bhangra style, to Chutney-Soca, which reflects Indian immigration into the West Indies, to fusion between modern and traditional forms. This is the first year that Nepali dance is included under the Ghungroo umbrella, and producers are proud that the repertoire for the annual performance continues to broaden. In addition to the dance pieces, this year’s show features seven musicals acts, poetry...
...cast of performers share as remarkable a fusion as the styles they bring together, and director Bianca Mahmood ’06 cites this as Ghungroo’s biggest strength...
...combination of fusion voting with instant runoff voting could only serve to expand the options available to citizens, enrich the content of political debate, and turn third parties from spoilers into innovators. It’s taken two parties to get us into the deadlock in which we find ourselves today. It may take three, four, or five to get us out—and it may take a new kind of politics to fulfill the promise of American democracy...