Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cast member Treeny Ahmed '01 says Ghungroo aims to integrate traditional and modern aspects of South Asian culture...
Traditional elements were mixed with other modern acts like "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana." This group dance, which involved 16 performers, was described by show organizers as depicting "the relationship between girls and guys...through playful dancing, over-acting and quirky Westernization of culture that is a trademark of Hindi films today...
...version of "Bhangra," a folk dance originally from the state of Punjab in Northern India, the choreographers and dancers integrated traditional and modern moves...
...Above everything, I hope the audience got a sense of what South Asia is like," Naidu says. "It's such a diverse culture, and to see all the parts--from the traditional, to the modern, to the Fusion dance, which combined salsa and classical and pop and freestyle--was incredible...
Dancing, singing, poetry reading and humorous skits blended the traditional South Asian experience with the modern South Asian-American experience in four sold-out shows at the Agassiz Theatre from Thursday to Saturday night...