this set > the first place team. and overall cleaner too. though there were couple slip ups here and there truly enjoyed the performance, the dancer skill went up alot from the last vid i saw. great great job.

Man this was a weak performance ... straight up.


I don't know why everyone thinks every performance is place worthy these days...

if you could tell us what about it made you think it was weak, it would really benefit us. simply saying ir sucked helps in no way.

waleed, hk, karmjyotgrewal

i feel like in te last year or maybe more, people have gotten scared of what people will think of them if they support other teams, etc. idk i felt like i coulda posted a video of my team a few years ago and gotten WAY more comments than what they do now, and im sure many other teams feel the same way. only a few big name teams (who people like to suck up to as well) get comments, and they are usually only ones like "that was sick" or just people echoing other peoples thoughts in agreement. people have lost the use of constructive criticism

Worst T shirt of all time, hands down: Desi Dhamaka

+1

Literally a white xl shirt that said desi dhamaka in black font...that's it

Quote from: Mariam on August 19, 2012, 07:32:14 PM

MODHEY

+1

pleaseee +infinity

the traditional modern debate that has been beaten down is ridiculous, and honestly the way that "traditionality" is counted on judging rubrics is wrong, in my opinion. pretty much it seems that if a team chooses to execute their jhummar in a certain way, their dhamaal in a certain way, etc, as long as they did that segment/move, they get points for it (or so it seems from the judges meetings I have been to).

i just find that kinda contradictory because when I have danced with a live team, the judges would specifically point out good posture, good shoulder movements, dancing wide and strong, etc. yes, music and live teams are technically judged differently, but say at a competition like bab where they were thrown together?

i think its almost pure common sense that when most of us think of traditionality, we think of executing a move in a way a LIVE TEAM would be taught, right? i mean we can argue all day about what is truly "folk" or not, how bhangra really isnt this "ancient" art form, etc, but when we think traditional, our mind automatically jumps to a live team right?

and that brings me to the main point i am trying to bring, is that when teams like gajjdi jawani and even my own try to emphasize those characteristics (keep your chest up, shoulders bouncy and heavy, wide dancing, hand form, etc), it doesnt seem appreciated vs teams who may have barely any shoulder involvement in their jhummar/jugni/dhamaal/etc, teams that never get low while they dance, bended backs, etc.

again, not saying that my teams performance at bab was perfect, we had plenty of errors, plenty of dancers, including myself, who didn't execute some moves properly. also, with gajjdi jawani, its not like every single kid out their maintained proper posture and shoulders, etc, the entire time. but it just seems appreciation for that style of dancing is truly gone, and judges/competitions need to stop referring to that as "traditionality". i can literally see a bharatnatyam team going to a bhangra competition and placing simply because they might segment a performance in ways that a move here or there resembles sialkoti, luddi, or whatever.

disclaimer: i am in no way using this post to a bash any other teams. the examples i have given are things ive noticed over the last 2-3 years, not simply at bab or last years bab alone.

if you could post your view of ours that would be great and post fcb's too!

Here is our performance from this past weekend. We would like to thank BAB committee for a great competition, as well as Hardeep Singh for tying all our paggs. Vic from SGPD tied 2 of ours as well, and that helped us out alot as well.


The mix was made by Anooj Trivedi (AKT Productions) and he did an amazing job, especially under a time crunch.



Constructive criticism would be great to hear!


Jodis:


Green: Romeen Sheth/Alan Guan
Purple: Anooj Trivedi/Bianca Patel
Red: Varun Goswami/Ashvin Kapur
Blue: Nikhil Batra/Kuntal Shah
Yellow: Sumeet Jindal/Raj Shah
Pink: Kanwar Johal/Akash Ganapathi

KPGD at Big Apple Bhangra 2012

last year live and music placings were separated? i feel like they would keep them separate this year as well but I could be wrong