Valentine’s Day at Bollywood

This year my husband and I decided to do something different for Valentine’s Day.  Normally we don’t really do much, just hang out and make a nice dinner, to go a movie or go out for something to eat.  This year I saw that a Bollywood show was coming to the Luxor Theater in Rotterdam and I really thought it might be fun.  Xander agreed to go along but I think he wasn’t quite sure of it.

So come Valentine’s Day we got gussied up a little and headed off to the theater to see what was waiting for us.

A lady saw me with my camera out and kindly offered to take a photo of us together. That was nice of her!

We left early enough so that we’d be sure to have time to ditch our coats, have a drink and putter around a bit before the show began.  Of course, I took that opportunity to take some photos of the crowd.

I had one of those moments where I was thankful for having lost some weight while climbing the two thousand stairs to the first balcony.

It was shortly after I took this photo that the lights dimmed and the announcement came that photography is not allowed during the show.  I was bummed.  I knew it was coming, because it’s pretty standard but I was wishing I knew how to turn off the LCD screen on my camera so I could try to sneak some during the show anyway.

I’ll be honest, once the show began there was no way I was going to risk it.  It was that good!  No way was I going to take the chance of being asked to leave for something.

The costumes were amazing, the music was great and the entire atmosphere was so incredibly energetic!   Xander and I were bopping in our seats, tapping our feet and sometimes even wiggling along with the music.

I’d like to take a minute to say that if there reincarnation does exist, I want to come back as a Bollywood dancer.

I did get some photos at the end of the show when they were saying goodnight and getting their standing ovation, as I figured it didn’t really matter.  The first time I saw someone’s flash (foolishly) going off, I whipped out that camera faster than you could say… anything.

I sort of wish they’d had on their more traditional costumes in the end so I could have gotten some photos of them but that’s not really where the story lead. It was about DISCO!  I was surprised to see the amount of disco and hip hop type of moves mixed into the Bollywood dances throughout the show.

It was easy to see that we weren’t the only ones that really enjoyed the show.  In the end the crowd were all on their feet, some of them even dancing along!  It was fantastic!

I think if it had been playing more than one night in Rotterdam and I thought I could actually get tickets, I would have gone again.  I enjoyed it so much.

The best part?  Xander enjoyed it too, must to his surprise!  He raved about it the whole way home.

If you are interested in trying to catch the show, I believe it’s still possible to get tickets for some of their upcoming shows in Den Haag and Amsterdam!