Northwestern Bhangra

05/17/2021

As the COVID-19 situation in India grows increasingly dire, we are working with several organizations to fundraise for DirectRelief. This humanitarian aid organization works to allocate oxygen, requested medication and PPE to recovering patients and frontline healthcare workers. If you're able, please donate to help India face the second wave. You can donate at the link provided in the graphic below, venmo a member of the team or venmo . Support or donations in any amount are appreciated, thank you so much!

12/06/2020

As thousands of Punjabi farmers protest unjust laws that diminish their ability to earn a living wage, Northwestern Bhangra refuses to remain silent. As a team that aims to celebrate Punjabi culture, it is our duty to stand by the very root of bhangra: Punjab’s farmers.

These new laws put the farmers’ livelihoods at risk. However, the farmers’ lives may be at stake as well. Over 3,000 farmers in Punjab have commited su***de over the last 2 decades. Some of the major reasons include debt and an inability to financially support their families. These new laws will only decrease the farmers’ abilities to financially support themselves.

To support Punjabi farmers and help these families escape generational poverty, our team is fundraising $1,000 for Sahaita’s adopt-a-family program. This will allow us to sponsor two farming families in Punjab that are struggling financially and may have lost a family member due to su***de. Because the single most requested aid among these families is help with keeping their children in school, Sahaita fully covers the education costs of each sponsored family. Sahaita also provides the students with career guidance and exam prep. Finally, Sahaita provides basic COVID-19 necessities for the family (such as food rations).

We would be so grateful if you could help us reach our fundraising goal of $1,000! Any amount you can give will help us protect Punjabi farming families. Please feel free to direct any donations to our venmo: . Thank you!

06/01/2020

Our call to action:

The members of Northwestern Bhangra stand in solidarity with the Black community in the movement against racial injustice. We are appalled by the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and the countless other innocent members of the Black community. Police brutality has become a term so frequently used that we must not desensitize ourselves to the fact that our law-enforcing institutions are in severe need of reform. We, as a country, have found ourselves in this position far too many times. Enough is enough.

Bringing change to our society demands that we all collectively make active contributions to the ongoing movement combating anti-blackness. To many of us, this may mean challenging the views of our friends and family, calling out problematic behavior and thinking, and choosing to have difficult and uncomfortable conversations. Internal or unspoken stereotyping and prejudice is as equally damaging as outward discrimination.

Furthermore, contributing to the movement can mean educating yourself about the dangers of the model minority, protesting (in the safest way possible), signing petitions, and donating to those who are the most vulnerable. While posting these initiatives on social media is indeed a start, it is not the final destination. Reach out to those you know and encourage them to take similar action as well. Now is the time to use your voice, as silence will only perpetuate the problem.

We encourage everyone to make tangible efforts to support the ongoing movement. To find petitions to sign, officials to contact, and funds to donate to, we have included a compilation of resources below. Stay safe, and continue to advocate for justice.

Sincerely,
Northwestern Bhangra

https://linktr.ee/nubhangra

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05/01/2020

We are excited to share our spring tryout choreo for virtual tryouts! Take a look at the video, practice the steps alongside the tutorial, and fill out the Google form linked below! If you would like any additional help with learning the choreo, please send us a message and we will find a time to meet with you.

As a reminder, spring tryouts are only for students who currently attend Northwestern. If you're an incoming freshman, we look forward to seeing you in the fall!

Tutorial Video: https://youtu.be/MQIcViZZ7p4
Tryout Video Submission: https://forms.gle/k7mbEW7CextKY3So6

04/18/2020

Wondering what our team has been up to during quarantine? 👀 Check us out on TikTok!

Follow us for more! 😎
— with Anika Mittu, Shiv Patel, Richa Sehgal, Richa Shah, & Tejas Sekhar

04/08/2020

01/16/2020

Hello everyone!

We are incredibly excited to be attending 3 competitions this season including Aa Dekhen Zara, Dance Ke Deewane, and Nachde Nashville! However, attending these competitions can be costly--renting cars, maintaining our vardi (costumes) and props, and registration fees for competitions are all important for us to continue doing what we love--promoting Punjabi culture through dance.

Please consider donating to support our team! Any contribution is much appreciated :)
Contact us to learn more about what we do or hire us for a private performance!

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09/25/2019

oh yes, we’re BACK 😎

Come check us out at tryouts next week!! Remember, there’s no experience needed- we’re excited to see you there 🤪🤩😍👀😩

06/24/2019

THEY. GRADUATED. AHH 😭😭😭

We will miss you so incredibly much. bruah :,)

06/04/2019

***MAD ETHNIC RIGHT NOW***

Song: Lemon by N.E.R.D & Rihanna
Choreographer: Daniel Abia
Dancers: Daniel Abia, Divya Ramesh, Vishal Giridhar
Videography: Victoria Hahm

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Choreographer: Daniel Abia Dancers: Daniel Abia, Divya Ramesh, Vishal Giridhar Videographer: Victoria Hahm FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.facebook.com/...

06/03/2019

Coming Soon.

02/17/2019

WE ARE FUNDRAISING! Please show your support!

Northwestern Bhangra is raising money for our 2019 competition and performance season! This year, we will be attending three competitions across the country and have been training all year to prepare for these opportunities to perform on stage. Please help make this a reality for our team, and thank you for all your support!

Help Northwestern University raise $10,000 for the project: Bhangra Team 2018 (Northwestern Bhangra). Your gift will make a difference!

11/12/2018

Please donate for an awesome SASA show!!

Help Northwestern University raise $650 for the project: SASA 2019 Show (SASA). Your gift will make a difference!

06/11/2018

Performances and Competitions

02/17/2018

Watch us perform live tonight at Nachde Nashville!! The show starts at 6pm CST!

Show Order:
1. Spartan Bhangra
2. Da Real Punjabiz
3. MIT Bhangra
4. Northwestern Bhangra
5. Boiler Bhangra
6. Duke Dhamaka
7. Wisconsin School of Bhangra
8. Texas Bhangra

Livestream Link: https://mediasite.vanderbilt.edu/Mediasite/Play/0c9eb310474b47f08da442f606819e0a1d

09/21/2017

See you there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONuBGSx5WQo

Northwestern Bhangra 2017-2018 Hype Video. Come out to tryouts on Wednesday 9/27 from 8-10 pm in S**C Studio 1!

05/06/2017

Come out and watch Northwestern Bhangra perform during Refresh show tonight at 7 pm at Ryan Auditorium! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!!
Refresh Dance Crew Presents: The Third Degree

04/28/2017

Northwestern Bhangra just capped off another fantastic year! We had an amazing season traveling all across the country competing, and even placing 3rd at Crossroads of Bhangra! We'd like to give a few important shoutouts to the people who made this year as incredible as it was:
1. Thanks to the competition boards at Nachde Nashville, Crossroads of Bhangra, and Bhangra on the Rocks for hosting such enjoyable competitions! Our liaisons Ramsi Katragadda, Arjun Shah, Avarna Jain, Neel Patel, and Sanam Chakraborty were incredibly helpful, and we're thankful that you guys put up with us.
2. Much love to DJ HsD (Harkeet Hsd Dhaliwal) for making such a hype mix! Also thank you to GSingh (Gursimran Singh) for allowing us to use his insane Das Ja remix for our jugni segment!
3. Thank you to Illini Bhangra and Stanford Bhangra for helping us out with vardiyaan; we finally got to see your guys' performances and you guys killed it! Congrats on your respective seasons!
4. We couldn't have done it without our phenomenal alumni who traveled across the country to support us at all of our competitions and performances this year. You guys were also there when we needed advice about virtually everything, and for that we're very grateful. We wouldn't be where we're at today without you guys. Thank you Anjani, Mitesh, Vineet, Neha, Sameer, Kaustubh, and Ankita. We love you guys

10/11/2016

We're so excited to welcome 4 new members to our family!! Congrats to

Arzu Singh
Kinnera Vallabhaneni
Vishal Giridhar
Akshay Goyal

We're super stoked for this year and all the new talent!

09/20/2016

Welcome to Northwestern, Class of 2020, from us here at NU Bhangra and the entire Dance Community!

https://vimeo.com/183510836

07/06/2016

Hey guys! Please complete our pearup https://www.pearup.com/bangsquaa/rally, so we can raise enough money for competitions, costumes, etc for next year. Thank you so much for all the support!!!

Help "Northwestern Bhangra" score up to $1,000.00 toward a Donation. It's free and only takes a moment.

05/27/2016

Northwestern Bhangra has had another great year! After losing seven amazing seniors last year, we developed a very young team into an awesome family of dancers that took second place in California at Nachle Deewane. We'd like to give a few important shoutouts to the people who made this year as incredible as it was:

1. Thanks to the competition boards at Naach di Cleveland, Nachde Nashville, and UCSB Dhadkan for hosting such enjoyable competitions! Our liaisons Davis Augustine, Sanjana Madishetty, Anu Suppiah, Halle Best, Ramsi Katragadda, Harman Sidhu, and Heera Vemaganti killed it, and we're thankful that you guys put up with us.

2. Much love to our boys at First Class Beats and especially our DJ Sujay Turakhia for making a fuego mix!

3. We couldn't have done it without our phenomenal alumni who traveled across the country to support us at all of our competitions and performances this year. We wouldn't be where we're at today without you guys. Thank you Kaustubh, Sameer, Neha, Aashish, Shrey, Aditi, Nikhil, Neha, and Palak.

4. A final, and much deserved shoutout to all our graduating seniors: Vineet, Mitesh, Anjani, and Ankita. We are so proud to call you guys family and wish you the best in your future endeavors!

With that, we're proud to present our final performance of the 2015-2016 season. We hope you love it as much as we do!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6b10xu01fE

Dancers:
Red - Mitesh Mehta, Anjani Sheth
Blue - Amman Bhasin, Ankita Devareddy
Ferozi - Vineet Aggarwal, Niki Patel
Orange - Akhil Katakam, Priya Shankarappa
Purple - Rushi Shah, Shilpa Reddy
Green - Rohan Savoor, Ankita Chowdhry
Yellow - Abhinav Talwar, Alisha Gandhi
Unable to Attend - Daniel Abia, Yasmine Diara

Nachle Deewane is an elite Bollywood-Fusion and Bhangra competition, hosted by UCSB Dhadkan, held in luxurious Santa Barbara, CA. In it's third successful ye...

04/29/2016

Congratulations to our (mostly) new exec board for the 2016-2017 year! We're so excited to see what you guys have in store!

Captains: Akhil Katakam and Amman Bhasin
President: Shilpa Reddy
Treasurer: Rohan Savoor