'Bezubaan: The Voiceless': All we need is love (and Bollywood dancing)

August 6, 2016 at 5:14PM
Arun Velliangiri and Ranjan Dumra in "Bezubaan: The Voiceless."
Arun Velliangiri and Ranjan Dumra in "Bezubaan: The Voiceless." (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It might be ambitious to solve the world's prejudices in a one-hour Fringe show, but the creators of "Bezubaan: The Voiceless" give it the Bollywood try. Their answer to hate and ignorance, told through a polychrome collage of theater and dance, is love, especially the intercultural kind. With elaborate costumes, fancy foot patterns, and dance that fuses traditional Indian styles with western forms including swing, Bollywood Dance Scene's latest offering doesn't disappoint. The meta-theatrical narration gets a bit heavy-handed at times, but it's a fun show. (5:30 p.m. Sun., 7 p.m. Wed., 2:30 Sat., Rarig Center Thurst, 330 21st Av. S., Mpls.)

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