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pet peeves in bhangra
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My biggest pet peeve: when teams suck.
I say we concentrate on things teams can work on and are more or less universal (ie: when teams go to competitions hoping to find someone at the competition to tie all of their paagris and not preparing to do it themselves), not on basic opinions like "modern bhangra is a pet peeve" or "going live is boring". There are many different styles of bhangra, let's not argue which is right or wrong.
I hope that only applies to guys. Unless you're into that type of stuff, Faizan!faizan said:
Don't you ACT out the MELA scene in the beginning? In my opinion, there is a presentation/acting/expressive element to bhangra. When you dance and have expressions to a specific song lyric, you are essentially acting to that song. For example, Sher does a kickass job with showing personality on stage while making it seem they are presenting the song, not just dancing to the song. I'm sorry this ticks you off, but this is a plus for me.nachstar said:wat honestly ticks me off is wen ppl start to act out the song
da last time i cheked, it was called a bhangra rotuine and not no drama act
so keep it traditional please
I say we concentrate on things teams can work on and are more or less universal (ie: when teams go to competitions hoping to find someone at the competition to tie all of their paagris and not preparing to do it themselves), not on basic opinions like "modern bhangra is a pet peeve" or "going live is boring". There are many different styles of bhangra, let's not argue which is right or wrong.
Waleed
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Yup, some teams & team members def need an ego check. This is bhangra and we are all promoting the same culture - everyone just relax. I've seen a lot of senior teams act like they're GOD in front of junior/up & coming teams. The next time you see your team members acting like they're the sh*t, give them a fresh slap across the face and remind them they're just a bhangra dancer and not God's gift on earth.siddyp said:
Haha, +1Jagga said:
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kinnell said:
wow, thats not being harsh at all. bhangra is a presentation of an art form, and does NOT always have to competitive in manner. sure there are good teams and bad teams, some are new to bhangra, some aren't, but the fact of the matter is that an inexperienced team may "suck" in your opinion, but may have come a far way in terms of themselves. does a brand new team from state X suck compare to VCU? yea prolly. does PPA suck compare to Khalsa College? in my opinion, yea they easily could. u cant make baseless remarks like that unless u state who/what ur basing ur opinion on.
anyway, my biggest pet peeve: Not smiling during the entire performance, or getting tired halfway through and losing the smile.
honestly what i hate the most is when people sing along with their mix during a performance. If you're going to maybe mouth one or two lines thats alrite but some people go all out and act like their yelling the lyrics on stage, this also causes them too have the worst facial expressions. I was watching BBC on sahara one and it was up-close so you could see everyone's facial expressions, i don't want to name names but some people were just mad annoying. It's almost like they want to show off that they know the lyrics to the song. when i see someone doing this i don't look at them for the rest of the performance lol
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Yeah I think cockiness is a really bad thing for bhangra teams but....
I think my biggest pet peeve is not with the bhangra teams, but in general the audience(Teams and crowd). I think no matter what should happen you should show respect for the performers (be attentive, respect the art-form, etc) and not boo, say things like "We want KJ"(from a previous post), and in general being courteous during a performance. I think for example teams and audiences should still cheer with enthusiasm even if the dance did not meet their "standards" because of the time, effort, and energy that is invested in making these dances. I think even if teams don't place, they still deserve respect (Unless they really do something repugnant/idiotic) and thus should be commended.
Just my two cents.
I think my biggest pet peeve is not with the bhangra teams, but in general the audience(Teams and crowd). I think no matter what should happen you should show respect for the performers (be attentive, respect the art-form, etc) and not boo, say things like "We want KJ"(from a previous post), and in general being courteous during a performance. I think for example teams and audiences should still cheer with enthusiasm even if the dance did not meet their "standards" because of the time, effort, and energy that is invested in making these dances. I think even if teams don't place, they still deserve respect (Unless they really do something repugnant/idiotic) and thus should be commended.
Just my two cents.
pluthra
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when guys can't tie the extra fabric thats left on their pagg into a phull---that looks really uglyyyy if no1 knows how lets get a tutorial out for that too or if not tuck it into ur pagg or somethinggg
oh also, another annoying thing ppl taking breaks example girls getting off stage, or guys gettin off stage
oh also, another annoying thing ppl taking breaks example girls getting off stage, or guys gettin off stage
