CMU Bhangra at Warrior Bhangra and 2nd Place at Bhangra at the Bell 2013

[Sachin]

BTF,


We had an awesome time at both comps. Comments and feedback are welcome. Other angles can be posted here as well. Thanks. Review of Warrior to come shortly. Congrats to BK and Cal for awesome Warrior performances as well as FAUJ and JJ for dope Bell performances.


CMU Bhangra Warrior 2013


2nd Place at Bhangra at the Bell:


CMU Bhangra - Bhangra at the Bell 2013



Dancers:
Pink: Vishalsai, Mitra, Vineeta, Sachin
Blue: Shawn, Shreepal (Vijay @ Bell), Shalini, Shaina
Purple: Siddhant, Sangita, Ankur, Shahana
Dholi: Sean (Sid Pandit @ Bell)

 

[Saab]

Cmu has had some awesome performances this year. Such a great set of performances that you guys have! Vinny and Sachin this team has continued to raise the bar!

 

[yraparla]

So unbelievably proud of this team, it was an honor to help out at Bell. Can't wait for Blowout

 

[Deepi253]

Yall went ham!!!! Mix sounds like fire post it

 

[Sawhill69]

Yall went ham!!!! Mix sounds like fire post it

I agree with both points lol

 

[DamanSingh]

sick performance!


I love the daang segment and the remix of ghaint patola. What's the song at 2:30 (batb video)?

 

[yraparla]

sick performance!


I love the daang segment and the remix of ghaint patola. What's the song at 2:30 (batb video)?

Ranjit Rana- Nachdi Boliyan

 

[singhk1]

I only watched the beginning part but Choreo wise it was pretty much on point, but still was room for improvement, I wish teams would use Mirza sahiba more often but nonetheless nice

 

[J-Skeet]

Here's a different view for bell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3GJIPMuPg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Sue Sylvester]

The level of cleanliness of these two performance compared to CMU performances last year is amazing. You guys have improved a lot and it's applaudable to see dancers have high energy but still have control and dance as a team. I think Bell was a cleaner performance for you guys, at least in terms of formations, and having missed your performance at Bell, I can see why you guys got 2nd place now.


With that said, I believe that the choreography needs to flow much better. Choreography seemed forced at times and almost too rushed. You guys were definitely clean with it, but the issue is having choreo flow from step to step in addition to segment to segment and at times, it felt like a rough ctrl-c/ctrl-v job.


Another thing that could have been better in my opinion is the creativity. There were 2-3 things that I found very creative (cartwheel into khundey chaal, the matrix back-bend and one of the formations). The rest of the gimmicks, choreography and formations were lacking in originality. For example, I've seen four other teams do a khunda toss this year. Not only has it become an overused gimmick after SGPD in 2010, but it rarely gets executed well enough for there to be any benefit what so ever. Even at perfect execution, it becomes a "congrats, you guys did something everyone else already has jacked 10x before you". Formations were executed well and above average, but there was nothing new. And the choreography was not only very safe/simple, but very repetitive. Most teams will do fasla, or sammi..etc once in their routines. You guys brought those steps back in 3-4 segments and did them in the same exact way. Vary up these steps, but at the least, switch it up. The repetition makes segments less memorable on their own and blurs the entire routine together.


Overall, very impressed with the execution. With your level of dancing talent, I'm hoping to see you guys try new things (not necessarily more difficult things, but just more originality).

 

[rajkaran]

This was the only team I couldn't watch that night (as I was backstage), and I regret not being able to. Looked like so much fun because I think you all were having fun on stage, if I'm not mistaken. That's a quality that's hard to find so easily and evidently...makes a huge difference, imho.

 

[akshyz]

Just want to say that I am super proud of you guys.