UPAJ: Improvise Blazes at San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival

At the heart of UPAJ: Improvise - a documentary about the unlikely liaison between an elder statesman of Indian classical dance and a rebellious young African American tap dancer - is a bracing message for all warriors fighting to keep the classic arts alive. No platitudes about "innovate or die" or watered down "fusion" choreography for the attention-deficit YouTube generation. Understand where you came from, these two great artists remind us - even as you look forward you must look back. In re...