Mayuri upadhya biography of william shakespeare
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Borders between different media of performing arts erasing: Mayuri Upadhya
Borders between the different mediums of performing arts are erasing, believes Mayuri Upadhya who has choreographed Feroz Abbas Khan's romantic musical "Raunaq & Jassi" which is set to make a grand debut in Delhi soon.
Upadhya has choreographed 19 dancers who will be seen performing foot-tapping Punjabi folk dance for the Delhi edition.
The Hindi musical is inspired by William Shakespeare's romantic classic 'Romeo & Juliet' and celebrates love that transcends all barriers and boundaries.
In a conversation, Upadhya shares more about the play, her experience of working with theatre director, screenwriter and film maker and her love for dance. Read excerpts:
Which dance style is predominantly used in "Raunaq & Jassi"?
Upadhya: The dance forms used are primarily folk dance forms. There is a variety of them, even though the most popular form is Bhangra. We've used a lot of variations within the folk dance forms from Gidda, Jhoomar, Luddi and a bit of Jaago as well.
For the fight sequences, we've used a lot of body rhythms, inspiration from martial arts and we also conducted tasks to create movement material. One song in "Raunaq & Jassi" takes a lot of inspiration from contemporary Indian danc
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The Legendary Balcony scene, in Raunaq and Jassi inspired from Romeo and Juliet
The show of Raunaq & Jassi at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was a blockbuster, though, not as big as Director Feroz Abbas Khan’s earlier hit, Mughal E Azam. What appears to be a new trend or perhaps a solution for the beleaguered Amateur Theatre, about how to make the ends meet. The approach is to be commercially savvy. Have a big budget production with all the frills that technology demands, get a sponsor and launch it on a big scale. Designed by John Narun, the Cyclorama had the digital projections of luminescent landscapes and skyscapes with a wow appeal. Lighting by David Lander was in sync with the background projection just as Fali Unwala’s set was. The arches and balustrades seem to flow out of the landscapes. Piyush Kanojia has given the foot tapping melodious music, and Mayuri Upadhya choreographing the play with Bollywood style vigorous dances, Yes, one is giving credits to the technical crew first because they were largely responsible for the bells and whistles which made the production stand up and be noticed. Talking about the technical crew, one cannot ignore audio projection, which was flawless with the actors using Bluetooth microphones to be heard loud and clear. This i
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