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Upcoming Performances: Summer 2008

Boulder Creek Festival May 24 Bollywood West will be performing at the Boulder Creek Festival, May 24, 2008, on the Community Dance stage around 4:00pm with Streetside Dance.

Indian Dance Festival May 31 The Colorado Indian dance community comes together again for the 2008 Indian Dance Festival on May 31, 2008. Come join Bollywood West as we celebrate our music, dance, cuisine and culture!

CHUN People’s Fair June 7 Bollywood West will be performing at the CHUN Capitol Hill People’s Fair on June 7, 2008 at 5:30pm on the Performance & Cultural Stage. The People’s Fair is a celebration of the diverse Denver urban community and a fantastic weekend of great family fun, carefully selected handmade arts & crafts, delicious culinary delights, and fabulous entertainment.

Boogie Spectacular June 27 Bollywood West joins Disco Mountain for a Boogie Spectacular!! Come join us at the Bluebird Theatre for a funk-tastical evening of live music and dance--Friday June 27, doors open at 9pm. For more information visit Ticketmaster or Disco Mountain. What is Disco Mountain? Why, it’s a suburb of Funkytown!

Rocky Mountain Tea Festival August 2 & 3 Bollywood West will be dancing at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Tea Festival. This year’s Saturday Night Tea Dinner will feature teas of India, paired with a fantastic four-course dinner, and live dancing by our troupe. Seatings start at 5:00pm. For reservations and festival information, please visit the Dushanbe Tea House website.

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival July 26 & 27 The region’s favorite Asian-Pacific-American cultural event, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, draws over 100,000 people to Sloan’s Lake park. Come watch the boat races, enjoy various cuisines and browse the marketplace--and join Bollywood West as they take the cultural stage to represent contemporary dance of India. Come see why 5280 Magazine names this “one of Colorado’s greatest festivals!”

Bollywood West will be one of the featured entertainers at the Denver Zoo’s 18th Annual Do At The Zoo. This year’s fundraiser hopes to gain support for the new Asian Tropics animal life exhibit. Bollywood West will be kicking off the evening of great food and fun with a high energy dance performance, and Jammin in the Jungle all night long! For ticket information, contact the Denver Zoo.

Bollywood West will be presenting new work, with Storm, at Motion Underground’s Choreographer’s Ball on Saturday June 9th at Boulder High School. Our performance will be 4pm, but please join us for the entire day of visionary choreographers and talented dancers, sharing their works in an all-day showcase.

The Denver Post spotlights the Bollywood West performing company and the trending popularity of Bollywood in Colorado, in print and in an online slide show.

Bollywood West will be performing at the Third Annual Salute to Cultural Dances on February 3, 2007.

Bollywood West is featured on the cover of the latest Colorado Free University course bulletin!

Bollywood West was invited by the University of Denver’s ethnomusicology department to present a lecture and demonstration on the history of Bollywood dance and music, the evolution of multicultural musical traditions in the Indian diaspora, and the influence and use of Indian music by contemporary western music artists. Examining the history of motion picture in India, through the confluence of eastern and western pop cultures, students explored the rising popularity of multicultural music and the different influences leading to the creation of new styles like Bhangraton, Chutney Soca, South Asian hip hop, and Bhangragga. Following the lecture presentation, students participated in a Bollywood dance workshop, comparing western jazz, hip hop, and street dance movement to Indian classical and folk dance styles. Many thanks to Professor Morelli for creating this wonderful opportunity to share our passion and knowledge with DU students.

Stapleton Front Porch magazine, August 2006 issue

Bollywood West has been invited to join Drs. Deepak Chopra and David Simon for their Denver-area presentation of “Seduction of Spirit”, a profound weekend of renewal designed to help you restore, reflect, rejuvenate, and re-connect with yourself.  The most profound spiritual experience offered by The Chopra Center for Well-Being, this extraordinary meditation retreat offers tranquility, peacefulness, discovery, and inspiration. We are honored to provide Bollywood dance classes in the company of such world-renowned wellness visionaries.

Bollywood West was thrilled to participate in the 2006 East Indian Heritage Camp, teaching Bollywood dance classes to international adoptees of South Asian heritage with their adoptive families. Families from across the country have been attending this camp for the past 13 years, and have each year gained a fuller appreciation of India's vast and beautiful culture while building a community of people with similar life experiences. Friendships are created, strengthened and renewed each year - friendships that endure across the miles. Heritage Camp provides programming for toddlers through high school seniors, and their parents. These age appropriate workshops emphasize the relevant culture, and may include language, dance, folktales, traditional songs, and arts and crafts. Also adoption, race and general self-esteem issues are included where appropriate. The hands-on experience is a focal point of each camp, where the children get to experience their culture's home and community through crafts, games, cooking and more. Colorado Heritage Camps is an amazing organization, and we are proud to be a part of this annual event!

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