UW -Madison brings Bollywood in Wisconsin – Madison.com

Eight teams from all over the country came to Madison to participate in the AA Dekhen Zara, a Bollywood-Fusion dance competition hosted by UW-Madison. The show has captivated the audience in the last 15 years.

Bollywood Dance comes from the popularity of Indian films in Bollywood, characterized by high theater ensemble dance combinations, production design and music. These films tell their stories through song and dancing.

The dance style, the marriage between classic Indian forms and more modern styles such as jazz and hip-hop, is purely electricity, with an emphasis on athleticism and energy.

The dance troupe of the University of California Davis Lascara brought Dune, sandwich and everyone, on the stage on Saturday night. It was more than a cinema, it was a photo on the move.

The dancers of Lascara Sonia Parich and Anva Gore, both of which, they left the Dune Desert, which they created on stage, makeup unharmed. The couple shared the acidic candy at anthritis while breaths.

The arrival of Lasqura in Madison was less than harmonious: the team was divided into different flights. But on stage, they moved like one. Paris and Gore are in Madison since Thursday, touring the city, while the rest of their team is materialized on the air.

“We just made the most of the one who was here,” Parich said.

The implementation was a culmination of “many, many” hours practice. Dancing is a full -time commitment that is obvious in the thorough performance of the team.

“It would usually be, like four hours a day for five days a week, but the weeks leading to it would have, like every day for eight hours,” Parich said.

He proudly describes a grueling schedule in the last few weeks, practicing from 8:00 pm to 4 o’clock in the morning – at the top of being a student.

“A lot of work goes into it and we obviously practice, we work very hard on it,” Gore said. “I feel like a dance practice, we are actually more productive because we know we have to do things by that time.”

Dastkara Dancers shared the scene with Macaulay Deewayne from New York; UTD Raftaar and Texas Mohini, both from Texas; UIUC FIZAA, from Illinois; Case of Kismat, from Ohio; Atl Satrangi, by Georgia; and Drexal Jalak, from Pennsylvania.

While the teams are divided by state lines and codes in the district, they share a love for the dance of Bollywood and cultural pride.

“The South Asian community is quite big here in Madison, but I feel that people are getting a little enormous when it comes to joining such things and being part of the community. So it was really great to be that voice that helps people feel comfortable, “said Patel, one of the three ADZ directors.

“For many of us, you know, we live in smaller cities where we can be the only Indian in our school, it’s hard to find people you can contact with, so I think this organization is a place where this organization is We can come to the place where we can contact people who are like us who have lived with a similar life experience with us. “

While the dancers withstand their hours, Patel and other organizers have their own hoops through which to skip, creating sponsorship, productivity and preparations, tickets, refreshments and philanthropic connections, among other things.

“This is our biggest event – this is our Magnum Opus,” said Lakshman Malala President. “Last year, especially, it was my first year on board, I was like,” Oh, man. ” Planning, everything that goes into it, how far you have to plan in advance is something I would never have thought. “

Malela cites the philanthropic part of the event as among her favorite things about competition: every year directors choose a non -profit purpose to support, directing every penny of tickets and sales of goods in this organization. This year, they chose Iacan, a charity organization supporting patients with cancer in South Asia, enhancing their efforts with a blood and bone brain register on the spot of the race.

“We are really excited to play a show for the Big Madison Community, we are glad to bring a little light on what ADZ is, as well as our philanthropic partner Iacan, to bring some awareness,” Malala said. “This is such an important reason for our advice.”

Next year, it will be a change of security for Adz: Patel and the two other directors will end in May, passing on their leadership roles to a new vintage by directors. So Saturday was a swan’s song, and Patel soaked every note with gratitude.

“It was so much of my life in college, I have the feeling that I would not be the person I was if I hadn’t joined,” Patel said. “I look back and see all the experiences and all the people I have met and all the great impact I have been able to do, and it’s just sad that I won’t be able to do it through this (competition) already. “

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