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Bollywood Inspiration
This unit lets students explore Bollywood song and dance. Students will get to recreate aspects of traditional Indian dance and experiment with gestural movement, vocabulary and established choreographic conventions. In their research and performances, students will identify and present both traditional and contemporary aspects of the Bollywood genre. They will experience first-hand examples of global cultural fusion.
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Links
- Bollywhat - www.bollywhat.com/faq.html#4
- BBC website 'About Bollywood' - news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/2003/bollywood/newsid_2679000/2679857.stm
- Bollywood World - www.bollywoodworld.com/whatisbollywood/
- Wikipedia: Bollywood - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood
- 'Bollywood Mania' Rising in United States - www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/August/20060809124617nainawhdaw0.8614466.html
- National Geographic: Bollywood - ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature3/?fs=www7.nationalgeographic.com
- British Film Industry information about Bollywood - www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/
- Plot synopses for films - www.imdb.com/
- Film review Devdas - www.upperstall.com/devdas2.html
- Bollywood: 'Bride and Prejudice' Director Gurinder Chadha Interview - www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity_interviews/Bollywood-511.html
- Kathak dance - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNXqUndBmzQ, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-JJhUqPPg
- Indian classical dance website - www.kanakasabha.com/kanakasabha/index.jsp
- Shakira film clip - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKnAups_Lss

