Nina “Ballerina” Gupta, a rising senior at George Mason University, is currently working towards a degree in Economics and a career as a corporate lawyer. She loves traveling the world, being outdoors, and spending time on the water, whether it is just sitting on a boat or racing around on jet skis. Though she enjoys all these other activities, her true passion lies in dance. Her life is very intertwined with dance and her story is truly unique to her.
GMU Bhangra was established in 2007 by a group of Punjabi-Indian students. Their goal was to spread the Punjabi culture, within their college and community, through traditional folk dance. This year, they have gone above and beyond expectations and placed second at the most prestigious collegiate competition in the nation, Bhangra Blowout 23. Their technique, creativity, and boldness have put them on the map and now they are a force to be reckoned with!
This Saturday, the South-Asian socio-cultural organization at North Carolina State University, Ektaa, is organizing its annual premier event of the year. Oak City Revolution, powered by Saavn, is the first ever Bollywood-Fusion Dance Competition to be held in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. EIGHT of the nation's best Bollywood-Fusion dance teams will compete in the newly renovated Stewart Theater in Talley Student Center on NC State University's campus!
Poonam and Priyanka Shah, graduates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, both received diplomas in the College of Business. Poonam majored in finance, while Priyanka double majored in accounting and management. These two talented girls have taken over the dance community by storm and continue to innovate themselves in hopes of doing bigger and better things.
Bhavika Patel, also known as Bhavi, is currently a sophomore at North Carolina State University. She majors in computer and electrical engineering because she loves working with computers and development. With her degree, she hopes to make enough money to support her passion, dancing. After she graduates, she plans to work for a technology company and wants to keep dancing, whether it be taking classes or choreographing.
