Northeastern Bhangra @ Nataraj 2011

[Armaan]

Northeastern Bhangra - Nataraj 2011




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We have analyzed the video like crazy and have realized most of our mistakes. However, we always appreciate feedback from others so feel free to comment please!


Props to all of the dancers in this routine, taught them the entire routine in about 2 weeks. Incredibly proud of them. Looking forward to the upcoming season!

 

[PartyJatt]

I really liked this performance. Especially loved the mix. I feel that you guys should work on bouncing your shoulders more, but don't force it. Some people looked stiff when they were dancing. There's a difference between bouncing your shoulders than bouncing your arms. Looking forward to seeing more of you guys when the season comes.

 

[Sue Sylvester]

Good job, NU! This was quite an entertaining performance to watch and the tributes to the other teams (SGPD, NYPD, NJ, AEG, PANJ) were a great way to get the NU audience into the performance! Your dancers are definitely improving and I'm looking forward to see what you guys bring to BAB!


PS - Shreya is nastyyyy yo

 

[Kush]

24.4mb... jesus.

 

[KushK]

Love that ladies voice from that MH1 Bhangra comp in the intro of the mix haha! sick job, great mix!

 

[surilsanghvi]

Good job, NU! This was quite an entertaining performance to watch and the tributes to the other teams (SGPD, NYPD, NJ, AEG, PANJ) were a great way to get the NU audience into the performance! Your dancers are definitely improving and I'm looking forward to see what you guys bring to BAB!


PS - Shreya is nastyyyy yo

SGPD, NYPD, NJ, AEG, PANJ...BAB?

I pretty much never post on BTF but the level of confusion that this post induced was too much to ignore. You're gonna have to explain your use of those acronyms to me. If we paid tributes I'm pretty sure it was unintentionally. Definitely proud of our dancers though, they most certainly have come a long way. As for BAB, Northeastern Bhangra didn't apply. Maybs next year if we have a full team during the summer?

 

[Armaan]

The above sounded a bit harsh. Kinnell, I appreciate your feedback, although I do agree the shoulder shake may seem as a spinoff of what Panj did, we've been using that since last year and since we started it actually was unintentional. But I am a bit confused as to how we have done stuff from all those other teams? To be honest the routine was a straightforward routine without much crazy stuff in it.

Secondly, we are not competing at BAB... Our next comp will hopefully be Bhangra In The Burgh and/or BBC

 

[Kartik]

Really enjoyed watching this performance. Red jodi went nuts in the ending song, some great energy. Phumaniya with jump squats was really well executed by reds as well. You already know what you need to work on so keep at it, I'm excited to see you guys compete this coming year!

 

[angad50]

whats the beat in the background at 7:50

 

[py335]

very entertaining performance guys! btw can someone tell me what the song is called at 3:52? or if anyone has it can he/she post it please?

 

[disharma1317]

the tributes to the other teams (SGPD, NYPD, NJ, AEG, PANJ) were a great way to get the NU audience into the performance!

I can see how you could think of a NJ tribute with the khunda swing and NYPD tribute with the lights on the saaps, but I don't think that making a tribute to these teams was the intention (though these teams, as well as the other teams you listed, are, admittedly, pretty awesome ;D ). I did a little digging and found this: http://bhangrateamsforum.com/discuss/main-bhangra-discussion/*****-elite-8-winner-**********/msg103670/#msg103670
NJ wasn't the first to use khunda swings. And saleem's post right below that mentions that it was used in Cornell's choreo back in '04.

As for the lights on the saaps, the theme of this show was "Blackout", so the flashlights taped to the saaps were used to play into the theme, since I believe that was a requirement for the performance (correct me if i'm wrong Armaan or Suril). Admittedly, it took NYPD's concept of lighting up the shikkeh, so i suppose you could call it a tribute in that regard, though that wasn't the original intention.

Also, for a school performance, using tributes probably wouldn't have meant much to the general Northeastern audience since they don't follow bhangra competitions and most likely wouldn't even realize that a tribute was being made. When VCU did it at this past Elite 8, everyone (even those without any prior knowledge of bhangra teams, performances, etc.) was able to understand the references because we had seen all the performances of the teams they were giving the accolades to before VCU even went on stage (on account of the fact that VCU was last in the lineup). To a general audience, however, with limited or no bhangra background or knowledge, and without any kind of context, that kind of tribute would be meaningless. Deliberately making tributes to other teams in a performance would definitely make for an entertaining performance, I'm sure, but the significance behind it would undoubtedly be lost in translation to a general college audience.

As for what the SGPD, AEG, and PANJ tributes were and where they come in, I'm a little confused. Would you mind explaining those? I'm actually genuinely curious.

Hahaha and my apologies if i'm coming off as harsh, Kinnell, I'm just trying to figure out your comment

 

[Kaur]

Overall great performance, have to work on your technique though, girls arent on the same level as the guys and you guys need to focus on lifiting your legs. At times it looked like you were tired even though you probably werent.

I do agree that you guys need to make a more origional set, It seemed as though more then then half the routine was a spin off of very distinctive moves from other teams.

And yes everyone does it a little bit we see it in every teams set, but a person shouldnt be able to watch a teams set and have 5-6 other teams names pop up into their head while watching.

You guys have a lot of potential, keep it up

 

[Armaan]

very entertaining performance guys! btw can someone tell me what the song is called at 3:52? or if anyone has it can he/she post it please?

Its called Ous Kurri by Manak-E

 

[GSingh]

I hope all mixes from next season are at least at this level. Engaging all the way through. nice job.

 

[Sue Sylvester]

It's really not a big deal since it's only a non-competitive gig. And sorry if I offended anyone (though it seems I wasn't the only one who thought you guys were intentionally paying tribute like VCU at Elite 8) - we can definitely chalk this up to a mere coincidence.


Whoever choreographed this routine was definitely able to think of some next-gen ideas on their own. It's really too bad these gimmicks/x-factors got used months/years after another team already did it...