Cabaret

On Friday as part of our bhangra assessment we had to perform in the school’s annual cabaret. We had been working very hard all week on polishing our choreography all week and changing little bits of the dance to enhance the overall presentation. We also managed to successfully combine the two groups of dances into one piece of music. To create a huge dance routine that is visually exciting to watch.

On the night everyone was beginning to get nervous and a bit worried about performing. We all had nice big make-up and very pretty scarves to help get the impression of Indian dancing across to the audience. Once we got on stage there was some last minute worrying from everyone and making sure the scarves weren’t going to be in our way during the performance.

Our group was on in the second part of the music so we watched the first group do their bit and they looked amazing. however at the beginning the music was messed up and the people on stage had top adapt and shorten the first part of their dance in order to make sure the rest of the routine didnt collapse. Everyone had huge smiles and was putting in all their effort.  Once I started dancing I relaxed slightly and began to enjoy myself. In my opinion the whole thing looked amazing and the audience agreed. It was lively and interesting to watch it went down really well with everyone.

I think the modern twist on the traditional bhangra style dance was a huge success. It made it much more fun to learn and choreograph