BLITZKRIEG~~THE DANCE CREW

This post is solely dedicated to my dance crew 'BLITZKRIEG'...

 As far as the Dictionary meaning is concerned the word 'BLITZKRIEG' means 'A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment'.

 ...a form of warfare used by the Germans in World War II..a 'lightening force'..

  

  The group came into existence in the even semester in the year 2007..D likeminded approach of a few talented dancers n d urge to start something new,something which people hadn't witnessed earlier was what led to the emergence of this group..For those friends of mine who aren't aware this group was started by Aditya Gupta,Arjit Anand n Pragya Das(present 3rd year students) n joined by Ankita Sati,Rahul Gautam,Saurav Das,Dhara Doshi and a few other talented dancers..Putting together a group with the basic intention of coming out with something innovative requires a lot of determination and grit and of course loads of guts..n I opine my seniors did a marvelous job..They performed in Revels 2007 n bagged d 3rd position,2nd in d college only to The Showstoppers..D first position was bagged by some group from some other college..

   I still remember the first day I met these people..Auditions were being held for the fresh batch of students(in the year 2007)..I turned up..was selected n thus became a member of this group..was guided a lot by my seniors..particularly by Aditya Sir,Arjit Sir n Pragya Ma'am..w.r.t. the events in d college n more so by means of encouragement and appreciation..

 I remember people asking me as to y I joined Blitzkrieg n not The Showstoppers (a more prominent one..according to ppl)..I had seen d Showstoppers performing and as mentioned in my previous post have always had a decent amount of admiration for them..but what I honestly felt was d group was already d best n had been performing consistently since d last few years..merely joining d grp dat was already famous n winning accolades n appreciation wasn't something dat would have given me a sense of fulfilment and contentment..Rather,I wanted my presence and hardwork to make a difference 2 a lesser known group(then)so as to bring them to desired level to compete with the best group in d college..dat is wat I had always envisioned for my group..n I believed for sure dat if I was sincere in my efforts d change was sure to come.

 

    We competed with the best,defeated the best...won the hearts of not only the judges but also,more importantly,those of the audience who unanimously thought we outdid d stalwarts in areas of concept,choreography n co-ordination..there wasn't a single person in the crowd who thought otherwise..such was d form of attack BLITZKRIEG unleashed on its competitors..wats commendable is dat we always considered maintaining a healthy spirit n not indulge in any sort of foulplay whatsoever..Our basic aim was n will always be to perform n win d hearts of those who come to see us perform..

Personally,it was a very special moment..this achievement..because I wanted to give my seniors this present--the awesome feeling of being the best--as for most of them this was d last performance in the college..and indeed it gave me immense satisfaction!

D prevalent scenario..

The group that has been winning accolades ever since its inception a few years back n is rightly deserving is 'THE SHOWSTOPPERS'.I'm dedicating this column to the present scenario in M.I.T(w.r.t. dance n d dance groups that exist).

I opine that M.I.T. has an overwhelming number of gifted people when it comes to dance..This is quite evident from the number of fresh talent that we see every year..let's not stray from the basic point of discussion..coming back to the SHOWSTOPPERS..I honestly feel these people are very enthusiastic n serious when it comes to dance..The level of discipline,enthusiasm,determination n grit that they have is exemplary..something which was unparallaled for a long time..I have always admired them for these above stated qualities,more so for the amount of healthy competitive spirit that most(if not all)members have..

     Healthy competition is something that I totally stand for..perhaps this explains why the Showstoppers haven't had a decent challenge until in the recent past..which reminds me of another dance group the name of which only,yes ONLY resembles a type of explosive.. which since times immemorial has been trying incessantly,not to mention,in vain to defeat The Showstoppers.for it's high time they realised that mean n cheap actions don't actually help u in getting anywhere..what's worse U even lose the little amount of respect that you ought to be given..not to demean the immense amount of talent that some of the group members have...I know some of them personally...I feel that the team could do better with a more able team leader rather than some wannabe whose actions put the whole team to shame..perhaps this year onwards the present 2nd year guys in the team could do a very impressive job.

The recent incident which exposed d lack of healthy competition on the part of some of their members was regarding representing the college in the Eastern Non-Classical Group Dance event..

    The deserving team, 'BLITZKRIEG'(for folks who are not aware..it's the team of which I'm a member)..having won Revels'09 was supposed to represent the college in both the Eastern and Western Group Dance events in d mega event Utsav this year..Some self obsessed piece of sh*t failed to realise that yeh college ke izzat ka sawaal hai and that he could have set aside petty politics that he so frequently indulges in so that the name of the college wouldn't be tarnished!Alas!that didn't happen n  sheer spineless n mean actions n a bit of manipulation on his part landed him the offer:-)dis so called explosive grp went on to represent M.I.T. in d Eastern Grp Dance event in Utsav..gud if it made him happy but our worst nightmares came true on Tuesday,24th March 2009 when a shit*y performance went a long way in disgracing our college..Yaar,when will u guys realise dat if U wanna represent the college you ought to have some standard!dats d very reason y The Showstoppers had been representing the college for the last few years and not you..

 

 But that is some worthless ass**** in some dance group who perhaps doen't even deserves mention in my blog...Overall the picture isn't that gloomy..D gud news is that my team 'BLITZKRIEG' made d college proud by bagging d 2nd position out of some 20 0dd teams and that too when d competiton was very tough(to say the least)!

 Apart from the above stated groups there's another dance group 'Nasha' comprising 2nd year students who are a very decent group as well..their co-ordination n d filmy style is a big hit with the audience..

the pre-requisites..~!

I thought of devoting this column to all u people out there who have always wanted to dance at some point of time but have for some reason been held back by what they've stated to be a combination of 

A. dearth of will

B. a bit of complacency 

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C. at times,negative vibes resounding in their own psyche or in some of the cases,picked up from the surroundings..

    This reminds me of one of the examples..living proof rather..how factor 'C' duz play an important role in conditioning the way people think..

 One of my dear friends Sarthak was very enthusiastic about Dance..n still is..as far as I know...passionate wud b d right word I guess!The only thing that was holding him back from going out there n breaking a leg was the factor 'C' stated above which henceforth ,I'll refer to as the NVRP(Negative Vibes Resounding in Psyche) factor.

 He said that people told him he wasn't cut out to be  there to show his moves coz he was in a very mild way,obese..now,the point is..U don't need to have chiseled Bruce Lee or SRK(in OSO) like features to shake a leg..All U ever need is a will to go out there n just express urself for dance is,to me,a form of expression..no matter wat people think or say or opine..If u feel comfortable with urself then it duznt matter..doesn't have to be a perfectly choreographed sequence..Dats d least amount of pep-talk I could have given him n it gives me immense contentment n happiness 2 state dat it was effective for dat friend of mine has now given a couple of good performances as a member of some dance group n it's really  heartening to see how people can by sheer power of will n determination,shed their inhibitions n do wat their heart tells them to do:-)

So,the basic idea that I want to get across to people is dat U don't have 2 do a Michael Jackson or a Presley for dat matter...If ur heart tells u to express ur happiness ,ur feelings by any means dat remotely represents ne known form of dance or even if it doesn't..go on..shake a leg!

Genesis of the very thought of starting a blog..

Hi people! with almost 78.731% of d academia having already taken a hit at blogging for professional/personal/wateva reasons for their own/general welfare I feel Im a bit too old to start blogging..nevertheless,the very thought of writing about something dat interests me a lot did always exist somewhere in d abyssmal depths of my psyche..

 So,I decided to maintain a healthy hand-eye co-ordination n keep posting the thoughts as they flow..

This is basically about one of my biggest passions-DANCE...

 Im here to write about my take on dance n d way dat it has been influencing me over d years..If some noble soul gets (even in d slightest way possible) benefitted by it..dat wud make me glad..If not,dat wudnt disappoint me..most of d characters dat u wud read abt are definitely living n any resemblance 2 ne person living or dead IS PURELY INTENDED n hardly co-incidental!