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- Saleem
I think the point is less about the points and more about the feedback and how the vision of the competition aligns to the judging, aligning to the scores, and aligning to the feedback. There are a host of judges who have been great dancers and captains and cannot stay on script or on brand...
I amend my previous statement about the need for a fyre festival-esque documentary. This needs to be a show at this point. Real husbands/housewives of bhangra. Music by jatt fm/SoundCloud and broadcast on comedy Central.
My list:
Sid pandit - FCB
kuntal shah - kpgd
Angela luo - whatever team she's on right now
kinnell shah - if he's alive
Reeda Saleem - smd
Preet chahal - bk
hK - auntie bhangra squad
There are more, I'm sure, but always appreciated the details from these folks.
Would look forward to newer names!
So:
Lack of female judging is alarming. It speaks a lot to how the dynamics are when it comes to running teams (my opinion), but that brings up a lack of diversity in thought
Nothing is going to get done from this - there are no movements, initiatives, or ideas that are far reaching enough to...
So, I don't mind the re-weighting and re-balancing of scores, I just hesitate on the execution of the idea. Its always easier to value execution - its not individualistic to the judges and can be clearly judged over multiple judges, whereas creativity is definitely way more subjective on a...
I would completely disagree with this statement. Honestly, if the US scene was just one comp a year mentality, it would probably be a much different story. I can see teams like JJ, BK, AEG, FCB, NSG, etc being completely and utter dominant in a one comp format...similar to UK/Canada teams in...
I have no money, as I used it all to donate to kylie jenner being a self-made billionaire.
However, I support this at will help me launder money into canada via donations to canadian teams.
To see how far you guys have come since chatting with sahab and crew at Mela till now is nothing short of unbelievable. Fantastic job - really have a great foundation for success moving forward. Really liked the intro, loved the jhoomer, enjoyed some of the simplicity of the set and focus on...
I don't think it was lacking - definitely agree with Mandeeps point though. Thought the set overall was great, and the best NJ set of the season, I just saw a few clumps of similar dancers, but not a consistently uniform approach to executing each move, each step each segment.
As @desi99...
Couple of thoughts since this was first posted:
1. Feedback for teams that don't make the competition would be a huge plus for up and coming teams. Typically, competitions are looking for something specific in who they accept, so providing feedback (even if it is "We are looking for elite...
This is my critique in a nutshell.
Piece of advice for all teams and captains - if you were to compile all the different pieces of feedback given in the past year, one of the common themes (and something nimit alludes to) is critiques and feedback around jhoomer execution/choreography...
Just a few points- don't want to rehash what's been said:
1) vardiyaan look great, but it's so much easier to see mistakes, angles off, lack of range in saaps, etc when you wear colored vardiyaan like that. Just a comment (I think they look great), but I easily noticed lack of extension of...