Chicago's Natya Dance Theatre will be suspended between two worlds: traditional classical Indian dance and the Westernized Bollywood craze when it performs Rhythms of Rahman at the Harold Washington Library on Sept. 12. The concert honors A.R. Rahman, composer of the Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire and other acclaimed Indian films, as well as the hit musical, Bombay Dreams. Natya Dance Theatre is clearly based in the ancient spiritual dance form of southern India known as Bharata Natyam. But the company also will incorporate some modest Bollywood gyrations and the Punjabi folk dance of Bhangra, along with African, hip-hop and jazz styles. All reflect the world flavor of Rahman's music and will be matched with dances that convey themes of love, emancipation and unity from the Indian films on which the composer has collaborated.
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