Bhangra

Bhangra
We have moved on to our second Unit which is Bhangra. When I first found out we were doing this style of dance I was extremely happy as I hadn't done this before and I couldn't wait to find out about the culture, costume and moves.
In our first lesson on this unit Miss Dolan started off going through the theory side so that we had some information in our heads as to what Bhangra was about and like. We wrote down notes and Miss Dolan wrote some key words on the board.
Hands and Gestures,
Isolations,
Story telling,
Dance in unison,
Lots of facing each other,
Circles,
Coming away from each other and then coming back together.

We then started to experiment with the basic Bhangra moves. The class got into a group and we started choreograhing moves straight away. We started off in small groups and then joined together as one big group. We had things like 'Pat the dog' 'Put the buns in the oven', these names helped us remember the moves and how to do them.
After experimenting with different traditional cultral moves we decided to add a western style Bhangra to our dance which involved all of us. We choreographed a set of motifs using street/bhangra. This was great as we explored the different parts of the culture.

In our second lesson we developed this dance and eventually finised it!
Next, Miss Dolan got us to choreograph a dance which had one or two counts of eight using each part of the body. For example, we used just our hands in a count of eight, that was then followed by a count of eight by using our hips. In the space of three hours I had leant so much about Bhangra.

I have also completed my first draft of my Bhangra powerpoint presentation. I am going to put more detail into it though. I will add more information about Hrithik Roshan and I will research about the costumes and I will put into more detail as to why I like Bhangra.