The pageant will follow a 3-kilometre route and end in front of Buckingham Palace, where crowds will sing 'God Save the Queen'. Singers Ed Sheeran, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Cliff Richard will be among the celebrities paying tribute.
Nutkhut creative company rehearses for its Bollywood-style performance ‘The Wedding Party’ at Northolt High School, north-west London, which will be part of the procession at the platinum jubilee pageant. All photos: AP
Ajay Chhabra, who was asked to design a pageant performance, wanted to use his segment to highlight how the queen, through her historic 70 years on the throne, has united generations of Commonwealth citizens from places as far flung as Fiji.
On Sunday, more than 200 performers in vibrant saris will dance to Bollywood tunes around a moving, six-metre version of the queen’s wedding cake.
Dance captain and choreographer Jay Kumar goes through the dance moves with performers.
Performers take part in a rehearsal for the Nutkhut creative company ahead of their upcoming Bollywood style performance entitled "The Wedding Party", which will be part of the procession at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, at Northolt High School, in north west London, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Celebrations will take place June 2-5 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, for her 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo / Matt Dunham)
Artistic director and choreographer Simmy Gupta during the rehearsal.
More than 10,000 people from across the UK and the Commonwealth have been involved in producing the pageant, which is expected to be watched by 1 billion people around the world.
A performer ties another's turban at rehearsals. AP Photo
The pageant will follow a 3-kilometre route and end in front of Buckingham Palace, where crowds will sing 'God Save the Queen'. Singers Ed Sheeran, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Cliff Richard will be among the celebrities paying tribute.
Nutkhut creative company rehearses for its Bollywood-style performance ‘The Wedding Party’ at Northolt High School, north-west London, which will be part of the procession at the platinum jubilee pageant. All photos: AP
Ajay Chhabra, who was asked to design a pageant performance, wanted to use his segment to highlight how the queen, through her historic 70 years on the throne, has united generations of Commonwealth citizens from places as far flung as Fiji.
On Sunday, more than 200 performers in vibrant saris will dance to Bollywood tunes around a moving, six-metre version of the queen’s wedding cake.
Dance captain and choreographer Jay Kumar goes through the dance moves with performers.
Performers take part in a rehearsal for the Nutkhut creative company ahead of their upcoming Bollywood style performance entitled "The Wedding Party", which will be part of the procession at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, at Northolt High School, in north west London, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Celebrations will take place June 2-5 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, for her 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo / Matt Dunham)
Artistic director and choreographer Simmy Gupta during the rehearsal.
More than 10,000 people from across the UK and the Commonwealth have been involved in producing the pageant, which is expected to be watched by 1 billion people around the world.
A performer ties another's turban at rehearsals. AP Photo
The pageant will follow a 3-kilometre route and end in front of Buckingham Palace, where crowds will sing 'God Save the Queen'. Singers Ed Sheeran, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Cliff Richard will be among the celebrities paying tribute.
