
Sumona Bhattacharya is a trained dancer of the north Indian classical style - Kathak. She has performed is various plays, musicals, telefilm and radio plays in Melbourne and India. She has also produced children's plays.
Bengal Live! Is a special event showcasing for ONE night only at 4pm Sunday 29 November, Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall. Bengal Live! will feature a fusion of music, colourful rhythmic dances, fashion, a Bangla band and a procession of colour and movement depicting a day in the life of Bangla.
Come along and join us for an evening of humour, culture and dance performance!
The notion "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet” have been challenged culturally many times this century. In fact, it is quite acceptable and very “in” to practise yoga, Bollywood dancing, engage in banter about the performance of Aussie cricketers in the IPL and drinking masala “Chai”.
So the concept of enthusing excitement by naming our next cultural show Transfusion was sown. Ideas, Language and Culture were at its core. The notable heavyweight Graham Pitt was engaged. While he worked hard to enthuse, transfuse and confuse our Bengali community figureheads with his creative thoughts about a script. The idiosyncrasies of our Bengali culture and the people burst forth to the surface on many occasions: the sudden passions, the cheerful chaos, the utter contempt for mere commerce, the fiery response to the smallest provocation.
However, one thing really stood out – our capabilities as individuals or as a community to absorb and understand literature, the nuances of language and an affinity towards the performing arts. In fact, majority of the Bengali’s have had some form of exposure or formal training in the Arts during their lifespan.
This is what makes our culture rich in terms of ideas, talent and expertise.
We simply love entertainment in the Arts. Bengal Live is an exposé of just that –
p a s s i o n.
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