Bollywood, here I come!

Hi there Everyone!

I'm sorry I haven't written much lately, but you won't believe what I added to my schedule. In addition to my French classes, planning our move to France, packing up our house, and practices for Ashiana for our 2 upcoming private gigs, I just auditioned and got into the Operetta "The Sorcerer" which is being put on by the Stanford Savoyards, Bollywood style.

You might think I'm crazy....and you'd be right :) , but the truth is that I'm not getting enough dance time with the Ashiana group and I have been dying to dance more. I need to keep my body moving, or I get depressed. And it's always so much more fun if we are working towards a goal/performance. So I am now a dancer in this production.

It is soooooo much fun. We've had 3 rehersals so far and the other dancers, the choreographer and the Director are just fabulously fun people. Dance is such a social thing for me, that I am just so happy to be meeting so many new people. Oh, and the moves! The moves are so Bollywood. They are fun and playful and we can't stop giggling while we dance. I used to do classical Indian dance when I was young, but I've never done any bollywood stuff, so this is a totally new adventure for me. I'm learning new moves, meeting new people, working towards a goal, and I don't even need to pay for classes! Woohoo!!!! Life doesn't get any better than this! Do you still think I'm crazy?

So do you want to hear about the play? It was originally set in old England, but the plot is so perfect for a Bollywood musical. We asked one of the new dancers if he knew what the play was about and he guessed "boy and girl fall in love. In comes the villian. Boy and girl fall out of love. Villian gets killed. Everything is made right and everyone is blissfully happy." Okay, he didn't know the plot of the play at all, but his guess was almost right on!!!! We couldn't stop laughing.

So, here's the real plot. A man is getting married and is blissfully in-love. He is so happy that he wants everyone in his village to know how good love feels. So, he brings in a sorcerer who administers a love potion to the entire village through tea served at the dinner before the upcoming wedding. Everyone falls asleep and then falls in love with the first person the first lay eyes on once they awaken. Each new match is inappropriate, of course, and havoc ensues. But in the end someone dies and everyone is restored to their appropriate loves and everyone lives happily ever after. Is that so bollywood or what?!!!!

I'm just a dancer so I don't have any major part in the play, but I am so excited to be doing this. It will be so much fun. If you want to find out more about show, go to:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/savoyards/default.html