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Finally, the last act was Harvard Bhangra, who performed a folk dance originating from Punjab in India. This dance was combined with modern hip-hop (including Snoop Dogg and the Notorious B.I.G.) which created an adrenaline-fueled dance that involved human pyramids that would make a competition cheerleading squad jealous...
Harvard has never been a paradise for rock and roll. Look at any bulletin board: around here, cellos are preferable to guitars, bhangra has a greater following than any one campus band, and a cappella concerts fill Sanders Theatre on a regular basis.Is this because we, as a student body, possess an innate inability to rock out? Or is there some precondition for rock missing that, if present, would reverse the bulldozers’ direction and convert Harvard into an extension of rock-friendly Allston?Intuition makes the former seem unlikely, as Harvard has produced its fair share of successful...
...logo reminiscent of the Taj Mahal. The camera rolls, and the interview begins. Sean talks about being a kid and starting a band in England with his cousin, recording their first demo tape in his bedroom and being swooned over. He also talks about listening to bhangra music, choosing singing over medicine as a career and picking a Bollywood actress to star in his latest music video. The interview wraps, but the star, who was raised in Britain by India-born parents, stays seated to shoot a few promotional clips. "This is your boy Jay Sean," he says...
...Dance Festival: Bhangra, Ballroom Dance Team, Philippine Forum Dance Troupe
...Vasanthi G. Reddy ’06, did a good job of offsetting classical and modern acts, maintaining the audience’s interest by constantly switching dynamics. As it was appropriate to begin the show with bells and classical dance, so it made sense to conclude it with Bhangra, a Punjabi dance style that is undoubtedly the most popular crossover style today. The lively performance featured a number of songs commonly heard at recent parties, and the dance showcased the moves and hip-hop influence that have helped to make it so popular...