The new production of Tasher Desh by FIPA makes innovative use of dance styles and costume. The dancers come from a variety of backgrounds, most notably Bharatanatyam and Kathak, but combine these with ballet and other styles to create an eclectic and cross-genre performance. This innovativeness is reflected in the costumes. So here, for example, in the court scenes the Merchant is portrayed as an elegant fop in elegant European clothes, while Princess Patrolekha appears dressed in exotic Balinese costume. Similarly, just as the cards suppress individuality in obedience to the harsh and binding rules of the Land of Card, so their personalities are hidden behind the card costumes which mask their faces and bodies until eventually they break free by casting off the restriction of their confining costumes.