Pictured above: Making the right moves are left Jyoti
Parwana, Chitraleka Dance Company; Serena Patel, Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce; Anaya Bolar and Sulhash Gorania, Chitraleka Dance
Company
If the economic mire gets any worse, then one set of
businesswomen may well be looking for an alternative career - in
Bollywood!
The businesswomen from Birmingham's well-heeled business
community are to take lessons in Bollywood dancing for
beginners.
The workshop is the centrepiece of the annual 'Women Who' garden
party organised by Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
The event to include a Bollywood workshop run by Selly Oak-based
Chitraleka Dance Company will be held at New Hall Hotel, Sutton
Coldfield, on 17 June.
The dance company was formed in 1990 by Chitraleka Bolar, and
specialises in teaching South Asian dancing. Dancing features in
many Bollywood productions, which are mostly musicals featuring
catchy song and dance numbers.
Bollywood - based in Mumbai - long ago overtook Hollywood as the
world's largest film producer, and now regularly influences Western
productions, one famous example being 'Moulin Rouge'.
Birmingham Chamber events director Henrik Court said: "We're not
seriously expecting any of our Birmingham business ladies to take
up a career in Bollywood, although as an industry it does attract
thousands of artistes.
"But you never know - if Cameron and Clegg can't save the
economy, we might all be looking to forge a new career
somewhere!"