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Kahaani – Final Reflection

After 4 long months hard at work, show night arrived! We got to perform twice during our two shows for a lively and fun audience. Being part of Kahaani enabled me to learn more about a different culture from my own; I really enjoyed listening to the Hindi music and expressing the joy of Durga Puja through our performance. It was collaboratively a good process as we all put in our best contributions individually to create a cohesive product. I made new connections and built on my commitment to dance more through participating in this process. It challenged me to work well with group members and continue to improve my dancing abilities for a good cause. Hearing about Kolkata GC’s connection to their NGO made me more excited to take on this project as I knew that audience interaction was going toward a really great cause of fostering education and rehabilitation for isolated members of the Kolkata community. Overall, I would like to take on this project again in my senior year. It was truly a memorable experience for us all. Below is a video of the second performance we did and a group photo of everyone all together!

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CAS Reflections Creativity Kahaani

Kahaani – Mid way reflection

Our Kahaani performance is scheduled for the 2nd of February and I am excited to see the final product. We have learnt all the dances and are currently working on improving and developing each stage. I have gotten better at my collaboration and been resilient through any of the difficulties our group has faced along the way. I am enjoying showing up every Monday to our rehearsals 🙂

Attached here is a video of where we currently are at.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E8HZKFlJxjwLuOg2xjH11M3bouCRcO1O/view?usp=sharing

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CAS Reflections Creativity Kahaani

Kahaani – Initial Reflection

Recently, I have become part of Kahaani. My group is creating a performance celebrating the festival of Durga Puja which honors the Hindu goddess, Durga. We have had 2 sessions so far and we are working towards putting the whole dance together. I am developing my dancing skills and working on my collaboration with other members of the group. Attached below is a video of what we have put together so far during practice. I look forward to continuing to come together every week to dance as a collective 🙂 I am enjoying coming to know more about Hindu culture through dance.

http://https://drive.google.com/file/d/15NUF8pDpdWKdegxWNDkKoO60-JXCoiiF/view?usp=sharing

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