VCU Bhangra at Bhangra at Burgh 3 HD (first place)

[Pooja]

I am amazed at technology...this video is siiiiick it's like being there. Swi, can your dad tape all competitions like this haha! amazing.

Wee See You...another great performance. I think the work ethic of the coaches/dancers is amazing and I can only imagine the amount of effort it takes to train your dancers to have all those elements of a great performance. The nakhre with jodis during jhummar just makes me smile, I loved it.

Some elements were missing from the usual VCU...dholi, mela, khundey, but I don't think that's a negative thing necessarily, just something I noticed along with others!!

I sort of have a qualm about alums dancing with teams at competitions but I know lots of teams do it...and I know some people are grad students etc...but I think the majority of collegiate teams are comprised of undergrads from that university...just my opinion...

As many people noted, from an overall perspective it did seem that other teams were VCU-influenced, but what does that even really mean...did they use similar steps/formations/songs? It's sort of blurry to me because if you are trying to be an entertaining & traditional coed collegiate team I feel that the notion of having your own "style" is vague and can't necessarily be accomplished in a way where we can be like oh yea that's like Drexel's style or VCU's style or what have you...everyone is just blending in these days.

 

[mafzal]

shorter blue guy has ill nakhra and energy

oh and to that girl ROOOHI or something? in the blue? killlllled it! lolll

girl in front on jhummar has the most amazing jhummar performance I have ever seen frm a girl in my lifee

 

[Opinder]

seriously now wat do u guys take loll i want some

amazing performance great display of creativity along with a strong traditional aspect of bhangra

 

[Pooja]

girl in front on jhummar has the most amazing jhummar performance I have ever seen frm a girl in my lifee

The girl in Yellow? Is that girl's name Shreya? She's always been one of my fave female dancers! Her jhummar is beautiful.

 

[dheerja]

Pooja I agree with your point about alums dancing with their alma maters, but for me it depends on the situation. If a school team needs an alum to fill a missing spot for a performance I think that's acceptable. My problem is when alums take spots from younger/newer members to improve the chances of winning. I love that college teams provide a venue for people new to bhangra to learn and grow into skilled dancers, and when alums return it takes away from that experience.

Most of the collegiate teams have adopted a traditional, coed style that seems to be the trend these days. My qualm is that a lot of teams essentially throw creativity out the window, take a VCU-reminiscent routine and tweak the songs/formations. The reason VCU is a powerhouse is because of sheer dancing caliber. I have yet to see a coed team with the level of dancing that VCU has, and you need that skill to execute their routine or the entire thing just falls flat.

 

[Kush]

i have to ask this, cause ive always felt it. does anyone feel like sometimes the girls look like theyre holding back? or somehow they are like... trying to be somewhat more conserved? i mean theyve definitely gotten better with stage presence than i feel previously, but somehow it comes off as though the girls are holding back at times. Whether it be the energy, physicality or even emotion put into a move.

and i know all the hype blah blah girls dancing like guys and people talk all that shit, but it looks like theres more to be had with the girls as a GROUP. individually each did phenomenol, i just hate that it feels like the girls get outshined at times.

...But could be just me.

 

[SunnyR]

Benny, one word to describe your performance: SICK.

I don't think people understand that Benny was asked to fill in and replace a dancer a week or so before the competition, didn't practice with the team as much as he would have liked to, and STILL owned that stage. Best nakhra from any dancer from any routine I have seen in a long time. That's what you call a crushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[Shahrukh]

I sort of have a qualm about alums dancing with teams at competitions but I know lots of teams do it...and I know some people are grad students etc...but I think the majority of collegiate teams are comprised of undergrads from that university...just my opinion...

Hey guys benny danced because one of our dancers was recovering from a surgery he underwent about two weeks ago.

 

[Kaur]

Awsome performance just like always.. loved the jhummer!!!

 

[Surmeet1]

after watching this performance, shreya = the best female dancer i have EVER seen. end of story. its amazing how good shes gotten. im honored to have been able to dance alongside u.

aside from that, yeah these kids killed it. amazing performance by each n every dancer. for 4 or 5 of them this was their first big performance ever, and i dont think anybody could tell because they blended in with the older kids so well.

and for benny - the only reason he danced was bc there absolutely werent enough male dancers. i think he was asked to perform 2-3 weeks before the competition. and yea he rockedddd it, as anyone would have expected. sickkk.

 

[bkahlon1]

after watching this performance, shreya = the best female dancer i have EVER seen. end of story.

+100

Shreya= SIKKKKK!!

 

[Pooja]

I sort of have a qualm about alums dancing with teams at competitions but I know lots of teams do it...and I know some people are grad students etc...but I think the majority of collegiate teams are comprised of undergrads from that university...just my opinion...

Hey guys benny danced because one of our dancers was recovering from a surgery he underwent about two weeks ago.

I actually was aware of that and it's obviously understandable in those times of need as Dheerja mentioned as well but I meant it more of on a general note, and I know VCU isn't the only team that has had alums dance in the past/currently.

after watching this performance, shreya = the best female dancer i have EVER seen. end of story.

+1 Million to that. I have always looooved the way she dances, it's just beautiful. AWESOME!

 

[Kaur]

I just watched the routine again and another thing I love about VCU that their is bounce in the whole routine. I dont think ther eis even a second when the team does not bounce, be it jhummer the jugnee, dhamaa anything. It just adds that extra 'ummpph' to the routine

 

[Vick]

My first post back after being banned for the last two months... I know my comments have caused heart aches for VCU performers in the past, but from tonight onwards, VCU is the hands down the sickest, nastiest, most skilled, and undoubtedly the unanimous number one bhangra team in North America... Goes against everything I believe in when I say that since they have yet to beat Empire, but I don't care, this BIB performance by VCU ranks up there with a Sharks victory, a Barry Bonds homerun, a 49ers win over the Raiders and Barack Obama winning the presidency in my book... I'm very surprised they decided to release this video considering the fact that Elite is about 26 days away... I will be at Elite and I can not wait to see this live with my own eyes... I will be flying back to Richmond, and for once it will actually feel good, cause I'm sharing a city with the worlds finest bhangra team... Big ups VCU...

 

[faizan]

I fear the DC Metro/Virginia area is becoming to homogeneous, now it's alright for a region to have a style, but i think all the teams are starting too look the same. Just like in Toronto, teams are just watching each other's videos and being unoriginal...prove me wrong Virginia/DC.

 

[Vick]

I fear the DC Metro/Virginia area is becoming to homogeneous, now it's alright for a region to have a style, but i think all the teams are starting too look the same. Just like in Toronto, teams are just watching each other's videos and being unoriginal...prove me wrong Virginia/DC.

Just like the NFL, success by one team in a certain scheme leads to copycat schemes all over the league... It's human nature...

 

[Jessica]

God damn!!! VCU never EVER fails to impress me. You guys tore it up!!! Seems like a well-deserved first place win.

 

[Pooja]

My first post back after being banned for the last two months... I know my comments have caused heart aches for VCU performers in the past, but from tonight onwards, VCU is the hands down the sickest, nastiest, most skilled, and undoubtedly the unanimous number one bhangra team in North America... Goes against everything I believe in when I say that since they have yet to beat Empire, but I don't care, this BIB performance by VCU ranks up there with a Sharks victory, a Barry Bonds homerun, a 49ers win over the Raiders and Barack Obama winning the presidency in my book... I'm very surprised they decided to release this video considering the fact that Elite is about 26 days away... I will be at Elite and I can not wait to see this live with my own eyes... I will be flying back to Richmond, and for once it will actually feel good, cause I'm sharing a city with the worlds finest bhangra team... Big ups VCU...

wow, I might just cry...

 

[Vick]

My first post back after being banned for the last two months... I know my comments have caused heart aches for VCU performers in the past, but from tonight onwards, VCU is the hands down the sickest, nastiest, most skilled, and undoubtedly the unanimous number one bhangra team in North America... Goes against everything I believe in when I say that since they have yet to beat Empire, but I don't care, this BIB performance by VCU ranks up there with a Sharks victory, a Barry Bonds homerun, a 49ers win over the Raiders and Barack Obama winning the presidency in my book... I'm very surprised they decided to release this video considering the fact that Elite is about 26 days away... I will be at Elite and I can not wait to see this live with my own eyes... I will be flying back to Richmond, and for once it will actually feel good, cause I'm sharing a city with the worlds finest bhangra team... Big ups VCU...

wow, I might just cry...

After bringing years of tears, humiliation, embarrassment and sadness, time has come to change it up a little and bring tears of joy for once... Change has come America, change has come.... haha...

 

[Manjot]

My first post back after being banned for the last two months... I know my comments have caused heart aches for VCU performers in the past, but from tonight onwards, VCU is the hands down the sickest, nastiest, most skilled, and undoubtedly the unanimous number one bhangra team in North America... Goes against everything I believe in when I say that since they have yet to beat Empire, but I don't care, this BIB performance by VCU ranks up there with a Sharks victory, a Barry Bonds homerun, a 49ers win over the Raiders and Barack Obama winning the presidency in my book... I'm very surprised they decided to release this video considering the fact that Elite is about 26 days away... I will be at Elite and I can not wait to see this live with my own eyes... I will be flying back to Richmond, and for once it will actually feel good, cause I'm sharing a city with the worlds finest bhangra team... Big ups VCU...

wow, I might just cry...

After bringing years of tears, humiliation, embarrassment and sadness, time has come to change it up a little and bring tears of joy for once... Change has come America, change has come.... haha...

wow vick hahha...maybe that dream I had will come true..remember the 1 I told u on vent? hahha