For my second cultural post, I would love to talk about my involvement with Bollywood Jhatkas, the Bollywood fusion dance group on campus!
Bollywood is a well-known phenomenon of Indian culture. Although I used to dislike Bollywood movies (and music and dance) because I thought it was excessively overdramatic and unrealistic, I am coming around to an appreciation for it. I still think it is unrealistic, but now I think it is fun also. For the past couple of months, I have been to weekly dance practices with Bollywood Jhatkas and we have performed three times already! The first performance was at Celebration of dance, the second was at an international night at a local elementary school, and the third was at the Richmond Fire, Flour, and Fork festival as part of their world food and culture event.
Here is a picture of of our ending pose from the Celebration of Dance performance! I am second "guy" from the left [we had an uneven number of guys and girls so I offered to dance the guy's part]. And if anyone is interested - please come to our Spring Showcase next semester!
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