Word: ghungroo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remarkable melange of performances drawn from the long history and varied cultures of South Asia, Ghungroo, the South Asian Students Associations's annual cultural show, was overflowing with joy and energy for its entire three-hour duration. The program united beautiful music, screwball comedy and high-power dance numbers-tied together by an informative voice-over--in a smooth rhythm calculated to keep the audience intrigued and entertained...
...bharata natyam. An astonishing meld of classical poses, swift, powerful foot and arm movements and use of the eyes and face to express emotion, Bagchi's dance also punctuated its backing music with the rhythmic jingle of the bells on her ankles. This is the dancing style called ghungroo, from which the show itself takes it name. Among the singers, Devi SenGupta '98 gave a beautiful and captivating performance; accompanying herself instrumentally, she sang a ghazal and a nazrul geeti, traditional songs (in Urdu and Bengali respectively) about unrequited love, backed by Vivek Jain '96 on guitar and Peter Johnson...
...Ghungroo's comedy skits were slightly weaker, and those outside the sphere of South Asian cultural life may have felt left out of the jokes about parental attitudes and arranged-marriage fiascoes, but the pieces were well-acted and offered an interesting look into modern South Asian American life. Another notable act which sought to bridge the gap between the traditional and the contemporary worlds was the poetry reading by Sonali Bose '98, excerpted from the upcoming compilation Conversations with the New Race on the Block and acted out silently by cast members. Several of Bose's pieces, such...
...Ghungroo also gave time to the popular forms of music and dance from India's multi-billion-dollar film industry. The second act opened with a re-creation of an antakshari, a game played by young people at parties and weddings--something along the lines of "Name That Tune"--which focuses on Indian film music and gave everyone in the ensemble a chance to show off their singing, dancing and clowning skills. Vipin Goyal '98 and Shilpa Jain '98 wee particularly spectacular in their exuberant and riotous re-creation of a film dance, acting out a marital infidelity, argument...
Saturday's final performance was attended by alumni of "Ghungroo...