UNC Bhangra Elite @ NKD 2014!

[Yesh]

Hey Everyone!
Sorry this is going to a long post because its the last one for UNC for the year.

This is UNC Bhangra Elite's performance from NKD 2014!

We would love to get some feedback from everyone so please watch the vid and tell us what you think!
Also I want to give a huge shoutout to our 8 dancers who performed in their first competition this weekend!


UNC Bhangra Elite at NKD '14

Jodis: (Stars indicate first competition!)
Orange - Yeshel Chokshi, Rani Patel
Sagar Shukla, Kesha Acharaya*
Pink- Drew Harrelson*, Radha Patel*
Akhil Jariwala, Sheena Patel*
Blue- Arjun Adhia*, Nitika Arora*
Rishabh Jain*, Debanjali Kundu*
Chimta - Nirali Shah
Dholi - Jesse Rogers

It was great seeing all the other teams perform and everyone did fantastic. We had a blast dancing with all the other teams! Congratz to CMU on placing!

Special thanks to Simran, Ravi, Kuntal, and Anish for helping us tie paagan; it was super last minute, but it came together at the end so thank you so much. Our performance would not have been possible without you all.

Thank you so much to our wonderful liaison Anoop. She was amazing and really helped our team out! She was very down to earth and helpful. We couldn't have asked for a better liaison!

Also, a huge thank you to the judges for giving us some great critiques and insight! It really means a lot and we will definitely be implementing some things that you all recommended for us!


Lastly, since this is our last competition of the year I would like to give a special shoutout to all of our seniors for all of the hard work they have put into this team over the past few years! You all are amazing and I could not wish to have better teammates. Good luck in your future endeavors!


We have: Nidhi Singh
Savan Kothadia
Akhil Jariwala
Hetali Lodaya
Priya Balagopal
Akash Ganapathi
Harsh Shah
Avani Uppalapati
Jared Giles
Aggie Igboko


And last but not least, I want to give a very big thank you to my fellow captains Nidhi Singh and Savan Kothadia for all the hard work and effort they put in this year to get us to where we are! I could not have asked for better co-captains and I am definitely going to miss you both next year. We love you!!

***Also huge congratz to my future co-captains Rani Patel and Pooja Swaminathan!! Can't wait for next year!

 

[shahrj]

Oh maaan cant believe how good these youngins have gotten over this past year! I know all of you guys worked super hard this year to get things back on track and it definitely shows, so proud of how far things have come and I can't wait to see you guys kill it next year. Nidhi/Savan/Yeshel you guys were great captains and Pooja/Rani ya'll are gonna fill their shoes so well (Yeshel I guess you'll fill your own shoes well too ;D ). Good luck to the seniors with whatever comes next and good luck to BE 2014-2015!

 

[Sid]

I wish I could have seen this performance live, I really like the flow and energy of it. I love that NKD allowed experienced organizations to bring out new dancers and give them the opportunity to compete on such a stage.
Kuntal / Yeshol - I do want to apologize on behalf of CMU for not being able to help you tie paghan. It came to the point where we were tying our last pagh 5 minutes before going backstage. I'm very glad to see that they all worked out though.

Yeshol you're a solid dancer, and I'm looking forward to seeing your future sets. Akhil - always a pleasure seeing you as well.

Either way, hell of a weekend hanging with and competing against you guys. Until next time, UNC.

 

[disharma1317]

Also, a huge thank you to the judges for giving us some great critiques and insight! It really means a lot and we will definitely be implementing some things that you all recommended for us!

I look forward to chilling with you all this summer! Again, awesome work this weekend!! Your new dancers have a lot of potential and I'm excited to see them grow and improve over the next few years!

 

[Ravi M]

I was so surprised and impressed by how sick these younger dancers are, especially the girls! Y'all definitely have a bright future ahead of you and I can't wait to see what yeshel, rani and Pooja have in store for next year. As always, I had a blast hanging out with all of you this weekend, and being able to see y'all perform live again was a real treat. Great job guys!

 

[Nach Ke Dikha [NKD]]

we enjoyed hosting your team at NKD 2014 and hope to see you next year!

 

[gayatrisardana]

You guys did a wonderful job, I had a great time watching from side-stage
We loved hosting UNC and hope to see you again!

<3 your fangirl co-chair


oh and the official video should go up tomorrow!

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[smehta313]

Being on UNC Bhangra puts such a high expectation to match previous sets of execution, cleanliness, etc that this team and future UNC teams will definitely have their work cut out for them. However, all things considered, UNC's captains and team had definitely risen to the challenge with this performance.

For having 6-7 first time performers and with only a week to prepare after blowout, the cleanliness and execution definitely is something to be impressed with. There are issues that these dancers would not have developed such as everyone’s arms being straight (if that’s the way it’s set), smiling consistently, bouncing your shoulders consistently, bringing your knees to your waist, getting low on jugni, etc are things that with more practice and more performances will be engraved in their heads and eventually muscle memory.

A quick rundown of the set;

• Saap segment is very clean, formations hit and it was longer than most, but not boring whatsoever, extensions aren’t bad either, just a little bigger and the team should be in a good spot.
• Khunde segment had its issues with elbows out, chest out, and back straight, and a steady shoulder bounce should be apparent amongst all dancers
• Jhoomer was well executed, rani and yeshel merkkked it (Nirali was fun to watch with the chimpta as well haha )
• Blue girl in the front wrecks Dhamaal
• Jugni by pink dancers needs to be lower with a constant shoulder bounce from the whole team
• Ending was hype, but stamina is clearly an issue for many dancers.

All the pieces are there and with the leadership of the new captains in Yeshel & Rani, this team can be contenders yet again.


I wish you two the best of luck with your team and hit me up if you need anything else.

P.S. Cutest Dancer in the World Award goes to Rishabh Jain. 8)

 

[Mitchshah]

Best team performance in my opinion at NKD