MAINSTREAM
MARCH 23, 2006
T H E B U Z Z @ D A I LY T I T A N . C O M
THE BUZZ
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SHOW SENDS AUDIENCE TO AN EXOTIC LAND
By Laura Burrows/ For The Daily Titan
Cal State Fullerton’s India International Club hosted a performance show themed “What Will The Generation Think?” Over 25 people participated in the dance show which included tradional as well as modern indian dance forms.
By Laura Burrows For The Daily Titan
By Laura Burrows/ For The Daily Titan
By Laura Burrows/ For The Daily Titan
A river of warm fabrics of gold and ruby, combined with the coolness of sapphire and emerald, flowed over a steady stream of rhythmic dancing on Saturday, as the India International club took more than 750 people on an exotic tour of India at the annual Culture Show. A cast of more than 25 performers clad in traditional Indian garb fused with a modern touch of American and Indian style danced the night away to some of India’s most beloved melodies. The theme of the show “What Will the Generation Think?” was interlaced into many of the 16 acts. Over the course of the three-hour show, new and old Indian traditions were integrated into the production. At the show’s opening, India International Club’s President, Heme Paliway, 21, invited the performers to lead the audience in singing India’s national anthem. The audience cried out with cheers during the anthem, and
the steady murmur of satisfaction continued on throughout the night. Bilal Kazmi, club member, read the popular Indian poem “Saare Jahan Se Achcha” in its original Hindi to introduce the show’s theme. Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal wrote the poem in 1904. It praises the Indian culture and preaches harmony between people of different backgrounds and beliefs. Kazmi indicated that the poem represented the Indian youth’s desire to hold on to traditional Indian culture. The first act of the Culture Show was prefaced with a brief skit where board members Zehra Syed and Purva Thakore interviewed a panel of three men as to how a woman could steal a man’s heart. The three men were dismissed when Syed reasoned that dance was the only way to capture a man. The remainder of the show resembled a sequence from the battle of the sexes with each gender attempting to win over the other with eccentric dance. The “Titan Banghra Crew,” an
obvious crowd favorite, prepared a dance dedicated to Titan pride. They were preceded by an act entitled “Hip-Hop: We’re in Control” where seven women dressed in contemporary American clothing, dyed to match the Titan colors, performed an ode to the university. They danced with a collection of props such as newspapers and basketballs, but the main attraction was the sequence of provocative dance moves with chairs marked up with the letters T-I-T-A-N-S on the underside. After a brief slide show of pictures and the typical thank you’s were offered up to sponsors, the night closed with a final dance where a crew of eight women danced to the song “Zamana Kya Kahega.”This song was the featured single from the Hindi film “Paying Guest.” This title song of the event closed the night by integrating all of the new and old ideas of fashion and dance presented throughout the courses of the show. It closed a night fully dedicated to an awakening of an ancient culture fused with a new perspective.
