rajiv0224 said:
squashes said:
Yo Ashwin, let's get on a team collab. soon. I straight up loved this performance, a really creative yet folk set in my opinion.
Team Name: TRB (Tobacco Road Bhangra)
TRB will always be Three Rivers Bhangra (or I'm just getting old)
Also, yea Duke! Congrats guys, wish I could have come but just couldn't work it out, hopefully next time!
I'll give most of my comments to Pranava but really the main things are:
1) Look more professional as a team. It's not just the outdated the vardiyan (vardi are expensive, it's understandable if you can't update)- but poorly tied chaadra, and lack of phumans. If phumans aren't available, I recommend getting those hairties girls use or rubber bands and keep your kurtas from sliding down your arm. It just all looks very high school without the phumans, and when you're doing hand movements in jhummar or something you don't want kurta to distract by sliding
2) Work on deadbeats. Theres a lot of nice choreo, but there's also a lot of places where it's a filler 2-beat or 4-beat section. Those places are as important as the coolest choreo in your segment. That's where the audience catches a breath and really pays attention to what you're doing because nothing else is going on. You have to use that to interact with audience, nakhra, etc
3) Use more of the stage. I know the stage wasn't huge like some venues, and it seemed the lighting wasn't great either, but you guys looked to be very central and clumped a lot.
4) Stylize your steps better. This is a personal thing, but I think the stylization of your steps could be increased. Example 6:09 in jugni, it just looks like a pelvic wipe. honestly I saw it and thought 'WTF' for the next 8 beats. Start and finish that step from higher up on your body (preferably chest/shoulder) and it'll be much more entertaining, throw in some leans while your at it and you have a nice sweet segment.
This is what I meant in #2 about deadspace. Only 2 guys end up moving, so everyone else needs to sell this step or it's just a huge waste of time.
5) Mix/set was nice, but kinda choppy, that'll probably clean up as you get more time to practice and tweak but something to think about. A few transitions in the set are just finishing a segment and then kind of a pause and then new song.
That's all I got for now, but keep it up!
