Major Themes from the 2009-2010 Season

[Raashi]

3) Vardiyan- a lot of co-ed teams started wearing only 3 colors on stage

This is so true! I hate when co-ed teams do this because it's a cop-out and I don't think it's truly rangla jodi. But it has started to become more common because a) it looks cleaner on stage (more of the same color means dancers look more similar) and b) its easier to do formations.

You are right, in general, the trend has gone towards having three colors because its cleaner. But I disagree that it is easier to do formations in anyway. If you think about it, when teams have pairs of colors, most of the time those colors are together wherever they go, if they aren't, then they are symmetrical to each other in some way. You can put a pair together anywhere on stage and it will be ok. Take a 12 man set for instance, now make a pyramid of pairs, one pair in front, two pairs in the middle, and three pairs in the back... with a team with all different colored pairs, the pyramid can take whatever shape it wants color wise. However, if you have a pyramid with only three colors, there are only certain ways the colors can be set, without it looking really random. Thus, getting from one formation to another is sometimes hard and actually hinders us from doing really amazingly creative teams that some other teams do. Also, if you watch a lot of these coed teams with three colors, most of the time the pairs stay together throughout the whole performance no matter what. Even though there are two pairs with the same color, they don't go around switching partners the entire performance, they stick to one girl or guy. So technically, if you think about it, its the same as teams with individual colors for pairs, those partners stay together, and so do these. And of course it does look clean as well.

i def have to agree with sheel on this one. three blocks are cleaner but its definitely not easier to make formations with 3 colors as opposed to 2 colors or 1 because you have to still make everything symmetrical and aesthetically pleasing. it actually requires you to think even more about how you're gonna do formations so that everything still looks consistent and uniform.

 

[rajkaran]

The biggest change this year I would have to say are vardiyaan. Most teams have now converted to multi-colored vardiyaan, and those who haven't seem to be held back. I would have to say that it is near impossible to place at a major comp with the old.. "one color" vardiyaan. Unless youre BE or APD of course.

I see where you might be coming from, but idk how I feel about this. To me, if teams with single-colored vardiyaan are still placing anywhere, then it's probably a matter of the team's dancing/routine and not their vardiyaan. Each team also has to realize what "works" best for them and what will make them stand out from other teams. I would consider it slightly unfair if a team with single-colored vardiyaan with a great/clean routine were to place lower than a team with 3-blocked vardiyaan with a less great/clean routine simply because of the first team's vardiyaan choice.

 

[sunnyd48]

abusing the DBI beat that was posted a while back

 

[Gsimz]

abusing the DBI beat that was posted a while back

+100

 

[sapg21]

Its waayyy harder to make formations with 3 color schemes than with straight jodis or with single scheme vardiyaan. much much harder. weve done all 3 options before, and 3 color scheme requires much more planning and organization. but when its done right, it looks the most clean.

 

[ban3rg]

I raise my glass to symmetry.
Bright Eyes - I Believe in Symmetry

 

[terabaap]

Themes from the '09-'10 season included,
1)bitchiness to the extreme.
2)the creativity of the mixes( i really think this dictates alot of the teams style/choreography and alot of credit needs to be given to this)
3) Just the overall creativity in formations and variations on phumnia, jhummer...etc(NJ ELITE 2010 was a bit too much imo, but i believe that the Canadian teams are the trend starts and US teams kinda follow that)
4)much less gimicks(thank god. I still love a sick mela scene though)
5)A dialed down version of folk. When folk hit the NA scene SOOOO MANY TEAMS tried to replicate it, but fell FLAT. I love the dialed down version we have now with the focus on folk style, but adding our own touches(formations and music)
6)College teams are back.
7)a PROPER forum to keep the Bhangra community integrated.
8)GTVHD(no commentary needed)
9)CLEAN ROUTINES(you need very good syncro to win)

 

[terabaap]

bump for discussion.

 

[Don]

more non-desi people doing bhangra. which is def a plus

 

[zagreus]

more non-desi people doing bhangra. which is def a plus

this helps a lot. it's great with how it's spread amongst other communities, and they're actually doing it well. Some people may not be used to seeing other communities do bhangra, but i think it's time they get used to it.

 

[bagmi]

1. the gallop
2. klasikhz
3. btf

 

[faysal]

dancers falling...maybe its just a running theme in the last couple of comps but it seems to keep happening lately to a few unfortunate souls, and only canadians so far :s

 

[sapg21]

iqwak bhurji making sweet, sensual love to speakers/headphones everywhere.

 

[Nikhil]

dancers falling...maybe its just a running theme in the last couple of comps but it seems to keep happening lately to a few unfortunate souls, and only canadians so far :s

Damn

 

[KingGeorge]

Shitty after parties.