Imperial College Bhangra dancing with JK-Gabru Punjab Da

[faysal]

yup, pritpal isn't the original uk btf member here lol

 

[zagreus]

these lot r crap thts all ima say! they only came 2nd cz they hosted it...n u kno tht tru fes lol

they're not great, but hey, seems like they're enjoying it. UK bhangra has a way to go. Once people invest more time in the form vs drinking all the time...might work out better. It seems like the videos I've seen from the UK are going more for the KJ-esque feel than anything else.

 

[faysal]

well we shall see how much they improve in january, since that's when the next competition is I think. But you are right jasmeet teams here are still only at that level and only seem to know of teams like KJ which says a lot for KJ if you think about it.

 

[Karan V]

i like how these guys do it and they nuttin like kj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryFec9sbO0

 

[faysal]

lol thats cz ther fobs and in their mid 20's and 30's not uni students

 

[hskalirai1]

its you guys that inspire them, the same way I was inspired a few years back, by people like jeeti lol i was in love with TRB's routine, at the last comp here there were so many things jacked from NA teams it was silly....simple as lol, and it hasn't progressed as fast here because the newer generations are more into playing dhol, being dj's or getting drunk, thats the typical image of a uk punjabi. As well as that, there's only one competition a year, since the country is so small its not like NA where we have lots of different teams that are going to compete etc. However, there are a vast amount of new groups popping up so I think in the next 5/6 years you won't neccessarily see a massive improvement in the bhangra side of things but the number of groups will definitely increase.

Dame that's true. Balle Shava bhangra group complete opposite though! They say that Canadian and American teams are bad because they all copy each other like beginning there routines with saap segments, they're really ignorant guys.
VCU have inspired me since the beginning!

Kidha Guys, I know this was posted back in August, But pritpal... When did me or any of my team members say that to u lol... If im quite honest, ive never met you in my life lol.

American teams have always been an inspiration to I, and my whole team. I know that all my Veer ji's. Paar ji's and penji's in the states, canada and Punjab work very for their routines and I must say, having watched them on youtube is a privilidge and inspiration. UK bhangra has significiantly grown in the past year and we too are contributing towards the development of Bhangra in UK. =D

 

[Sanidev]

Hey guys... We started a bhangra team here in Portsmouth, and im not gonna lie, we have a crapload of improving to do. The thing with the dancers here is that they dont get the exposure that we do in canada/us. Well i should mention im from canada, studying in UK now.

Back in Canada I would be fuckin lucky to be on a professional team, and here I'm one of the choreographers lol! But we dont big ourselves up or anything, we know we have tons to improve, maybe a couple years before we even think bout entering showdown. But a few things I noticed... 1) for song choice a lota ppl on the team wanted to do popular songs, why? i dunno - they just think thats the way to do it. I had to tell them no for a bunch of stuff. But being in portsmouth (which is south, and 92% white) its even less exposure and 2) most the people on the team have never danced for a team in their lives. Its def a learning experience. But I can tell you one thing - everyone has a blast doing it.. and its spreading culture as well. Even if some of these teams arent great, anytime I see bhangra being performed (good/bad), i feel good and that the culture is there.

For our routine - we jus performed for like a culture show - i tried to make up as much as I could. We easily could have jacked the whole thing - but whats the point, we never learn then. Not gonna lie, we took a a couple things here n there (I danced on the Mac team with aaron n kanwar - so I asked if I could borrow a couple of their Shan-E sets). But this year was moreover to get everyone to learn how to dance properly. And I dunno about 2 - 3 years, I think more like 5 - 6 and the UK scene will start realizing. Once they get the right criticism and realize what they need to do. which WILL happen.. may take a while.. but def will.

ahh damnn thats a lost opportunity i would've recruited you lol

Faysal - Where's ur team based? lol

 

[hari]

UK bhangra is improving it's just there is no1 really to teach the UK people how to do bhangra like they do in North America. They all have to learn of youtube. Their is only 1 competition in the UK while in North America theres loads. But the judging here is kinda terrible its all about gimmicks not actual dancing so bhangra here probably wont improve for another 5 years. Faysal ring me i need2 chat2ya i need sum saaps lol

 

[Gurbir23]

bust out the tea and biscuits........the british have landed on btf shores