• Beauty and the Beast - A "Starry" Affair

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 23

    For the first time ever Disney presented the timeless classic Beauty and the Beast to the Indian stage. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this classic musical love story was presented to Indian audiences on the same scale as the mega-productions seen on New York?s Broadway and on London?s West End.

    Over 100 of the best musical theatre performers in India presented the story of Beauty and the Beast alive on stage, with world class production values, lavish sets and gorgeous costumes. Having won hearts across 28 countries, the Beauty and the Beast musical was completely developed locally in India, while retaining the original script and memorable music of the Broadway show. The production was in English at 130 minutes in duration, with select shows across Mumbai and Delhi from October to December 2015.

    Disney?s Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.

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  • Indian Dancer Shakti Mohan teams up with Mohammed Fairouz for BBC?s Collaboration Culture

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jul 10

    MUMBAI: Indian dancer Shakti Mohan travels from her home in Mumbai to New York to collaborate with Arab-American classical composer Mohammed Fairouz as part of the series Collaboration Culture broadcasting on the BBC?s international 24 hour news channel BBC World News. Collaboration Culture pairs fourteen creative and celebrated figures from the worlds of fashion, dance, music, food and art and invites them to collaborate on a new, innovative project including collaborations in New York, Lima, and Accra. The series broadcasts globally on BBC World News.

    The New York collaboration sees these two supremely talented young artists, one a composer and one a dancer; born in the same year but on different continents, come together to create a dazzling new performance in one of the world?s greatest cities.

    Shakti Mohan is a star in India. Based in Mumbai, she won a nationwide TV talent show called ?Dance India Dance? in 2010, wowing the judges with her natural and elegant style. Trained in both traditional and contemporary Indian dance, Shakti is also influenced by Western culture and performance techniques. Recently she has appeared in an Indian soap opera ? but is now solely focusing on her dance studies and Bollywood dancing after winning a scholarship.

    Mohammed Fairouz is a prolific Arab-American classical composer. Aged 26, he has written numerous orchestral and symphonic works which straddle both Eastern and Western influences. He is one of the most frequently-performed composers of his generation, and his music has been received at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Boston?s Symphony Hall, the Kennedy Center and internationally throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. In 2008 he was honoured with a national citation from the Embassy of the U.A.E in Washington D.C. for outstanding achievement in artistry and scholarship. He is no stranger to intriguing collaborations, having worked in the past with celebrated Arabic poets and most recently, the Irish literary giant Seamus Heaney.

    This episode will follow Shakti as she experiences New York for the very first time, and as she and Mohammed work closely together, sharing ideas and inspiring one another. He will compose a brand new piece of music to which Shakti will choreograph her own routine. The collaborative process will culminate in a one-off performance in front of an invited audience, with Shakti dancing backed by a top American string quartet and a Klezmer clarinettist playing Mohammed?s new composition.

    Mohammed Fairouz says ?Music means the world to me, it?s the lifeblood of human connection, it?s a source of incredible energy and it?s the most immediate art form and the one in which I find my expression most naturally.? And on the collaboration itself, ?Three days to work on the music and two days to work on the choreography? Theoretically no. Practically we did it! We did it.?

    ?When I first heard [Mohammed?s] music I was so nervous because I couldn?t imagine dancing at that pace for long? Said Shakti Mohan, talking the day before their performance, ?But I?ve worked through it? and now I can dance it twice all the way through without getting tired. Because I?m really feeling it ? this music is magical.?

    Collaboration Culture, broadcast in association with Emirates, will TX weekly on BBC World News from onSaturdays at 6.00am & 1.00pm and Sundays at 6.00pm & 12.00am

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