Cultural+Fusion

= 1. Popular Culture =

Have students discuss the nature of ‘popular’ culture in Australia.  ·  Where does it come from?  ·  Who is it ‘popular’ with?  ·  What role does the media have in making something ‘popular’?

= 2. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham =

View the dance sequence from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham… [|[j1]]     the steps of the British university and the later ‘disco’ scene
 * Have students identify which choreographic conventions are borrowed from Indian traditions and which from Western dance forms?

= 3. Choreography  = Continue to develop practical choreographic activity exploring:  ·  Choreographic devices such as mirroring, group question and answer  ·  Use of space such as foreground and background  ·  Pattern such as group shape =4. Special Features=

[|[j2]]    (special features on DVD). Incorporate new movements/gestures into the dance, which are familiar to the students but do not have Indian origin or create a new section of the dance based on a western dance form.
 * Which conventions need to be retained to keep a Bollywood ‘feel’?

 [|[j1]]  Is this segment on YouTube – if so, can we reference it?  [|[j2]]  Not sure what is to happen here.