BOLLYWOOD came to Melbourne's Immigration Museum yesterday as children were encouraged to become film stars for the day by dressing up in costumes and learning some new dance moves.
As well, the Jhanak Dance Company performed and conducted workshops in Bollywood dance - a combination of hip-hop, salsa, rhythm and blues and classical Indian dance movements from all parts of the country.It all comes together to form unique dance that is common only to Bollywood, one of Jhanak's four partners, Shyama Singharasa, said yesterday.
Our sessions were a great success. All the children seemed to be jumping and moving at the right time and the good part about it was that some of the adults joined in too.
Kids Fest celebrates themes from the museum's special exhibition, Bollywood Dreams, by New York's Jonathan Torgovnik, which focuses on the world's largest film industry.
It includes original photographs by Torgovnik and behind-the-scenes documentary footage.
Bollywood Dreams explores the power of the cinema in India as entertainment and a social phenomenon.
Bollywood produces three new movies every day and is far bigger than Hollywood, Ms Singharasa said.
Her dance company has been operating successfully in Australia for almost two years.
Bollywood Dreams will run every day until January 28 as part of the museum's school holidays program aimed at making different cultural groups accessible to children and families.
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