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Dallas’ Indique Dance Company premieres Bollywood inspired comedy set at a wedding

For its third entry in the AT&T Performing Arts Center's Elevator Project series, Indique Dance Company has created a Bollywood-style musical comedy called "The Wedding is Fixed" that includes dance, live music and film.
Leah Marie Photography
For its third entry in the AT&T Performing Arts Center's Elevator Project series, Indique Dance Company has created a Bollywood-style musical comedy called "The Wedding is Fixed" that includes dance, live music and film.

One of the top troupe’s in North Texas’ thriving Indian classical dance scene is Indique Dance Company, who have fashioned a Bollywood-style musical comedy for its third production as part of the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project. The series gives local arts groups a chance to perform in the Dallas Arts District.

The Wedding is Fixed: A Bollywood Love Story may be Indique’s most ambitious dance-theater project yet. It tells the story of a family dealing with the emotions and twists that come with planning a traditional Indian wedding. The production includes live vocals by the University of Texas at Dallas’ Dhunki A Capella team and film work from students at Southern Methodist University.

Shrayes Shrivatsa, left, portrays the groom and Manasa Dutta plays the bride in Indique Dance Company's production of "The Wedding is Fixed: A Bollywood Love Story."
Leah Marie Photography
Shrayes Shrivatsa, left, portrays the groom and Manasa Dutta plays the bride in Indique Dance Company's production of "The Wedding is Fixed: A Bollywood Love Story."

Indique’s previous Elevator Project shows were Svabhava in 2018 and Maya: The Illusions We Live in 2022.

Details

March 6-8 at 7:30 p.m. at Wyly Studio Theatre, 2400 Flora St. $29.50. attpac.org. indiquedancecompany.com.

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Manuel Mendoza is a freelance writer and a former staff critic at The Dallas Morning News.