A stunning new water theatre spectacle by the highly acclaimed Balbir Singh Dance Company, which combines western contemporary and Kathak (classical North Indian) dance with synchronised swimming, comes to Darwen Leisure Centre in Blackburn on June 7 and on the following day at St Peter’s Leisure Centre in Burnley.
Originally created for the 2012 Olympic Games Cultural Olympiad, the show will be performed by professional dancers, elite swimmers and community members from Burnley to create large-scale, water-based performance accompanied by live traditional Indian music.
Synchronised has been devised by acclaimed choreographer Balbir Singh and former Olympic synchronised swimmer Heba Abdel Gawad.
The resulting performance, which evokes the spirit of influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer Busby Berkeley’s extravagant dance sequences, is a one-hour piece featuring a dozen musicians, the Blackburn People’s Choir and up to 40 dancers and swimmers in a full scale live event with the audience looking down on the pool.