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The List - 23 June - 7 July 2005 Rap Opera - Where's the Power? Thursday, 23rd June 2005 What exactly is a rap opera? It's a good question. And it's one that writer/director Lee Gershuny has been asking of her creation Where's the Power?, which has evolved from a 15 minute devised piece to a full length dance/drama. Showing as part of Refugee Week in Scotland 2005, this international show from The Elements takes the archetypal conflict between rulers and outsiders and searches for new peaceful solutions through dance and music. The influences of this fusion piece - which combines Bollywood, opera, hip hop and rap - reads like someone has jumbled the section dividers in a Mumbai record store. Ad it was exactly that hybrid clash of cultures that Gershuny was looking for. "I wanted to mix the haughty with the naughty," she says. "Since the whole piece is about dealing with the polarity between the majority and the silenced minority, it brings in high art and mixes it with popular art to devise a new style. You'll recognise elements of jazz, Bollywood, rap and hip hop, but it's a new baby." Refugee Week aims to drag the public eye away from the political tunnel vision of immigration to focus on the cultural benefits of racial diversity. And from the sounds of it, Gershuny's genre-defying show has all the makings of a good celebration. Corrie Mills |
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