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Article: Chants encounter; In a major multicultural collision, "Bridge" unites Indian dance, Indonesian monkey chants and Javanese music.(VARIETY
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 10, 2004
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Byline: Rohan Preston; Staff Writer
A banished prince seeks revenge when his wife is kidnapped. Evil lurks in a 10-headed demon disguised as a holy man. A monkey king is enlisted for a daring rescue mission that involves flying around with his tail on fire.
Though centuries old, the tale has enough color and action to fill a Hollywood epic based on a superhero comic.
A telling this weekend replaces Steven Spielberg and a cast of thousands with Ranee Ramaswamy, Minneapolis doyenne of Indian classical dance, and a cast of about 50, including a Javanese gamelan ensemble, classical Indian dancers, a singer-narrator, musicians and a chanting male ...