Dancers snapped wooden sapps, twisted kundes and leaped in the air amid a flurry of vibrant, flowing colors during the 21st PAO Bhangra exhibition on March 16. “I like to say that PAO is called PAO ...
Boston Bhangra, North America’s largest independent Indian dance competition, has revealed the teams for the 2024 contest. The celebration of northern Indian dance and culture will feature ten teams ...
GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- Shivani Bhagwan, 30, and Chaya Kumar, 30, are a women dance duo in Los Angeles, teaching South Asian fusion dance classes. The Glendale residents say they grew up doing ...
LOS ANGELES, CA — It started with a spark—a group of UCLA students, a passion for Bhangra, and a belief that Punjabi culture deserved the biggest stage possible. Twenty-five years later, that spark ...
The saap, a musical clapping instrument, and khunda, a stick with a hooked end, were integrated into the choreography. “Bhangra was a way for me to learn about a completely new culture, the Punjabi ...
It’s a Saturday, and the decisive, guiding beats of the dhol — a double-headed drum from India — and shouts of “hadippa” (a Punjabi word meaning “hooray”) reverberate through a Sandy dance studio. The ...
When the pandemic hit and sent Stanford students home, many student organizations were forced to shift to an online model while some stopped meeting altogether. But Stanford Bhangra kept on dancing.