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3. Shakti Mohan and Mohammed Fairouz
An experiment in creativity
Dancer Shakti Mohan is a huge star in her native India. She won the television talent show Dance India Dance in 2010 and starred in a popular soap opera, before leaving to continue her dance studies.
This episode sees her visit New York for the first time to work with Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz.
At the age of 26, Fairouz is one of the most frequently performed composers of his generation. He has written numerous orchestral and operatic works, which straddle both Eastern and Western influences.
He will compose a new piece of music, performed by a string quartet and a Klezmer clarinettist, to which Mohan will choreograph a Bollywood style routine
Link to full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18532875
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