Ishaara Dance » UC Berkeley https://www.ishaara.com Where Bollywood, Meets Hollywood. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:41:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Ishaara Dance http://www.ishaara.com/wp-content/uploads/144x400.jpg https://www.ishaara.com Where Bollywood, Meets Hollywood. Indian Reporter Kamla Bhatt Describes Evolution of Ishaara https://www.ishaara.com/indian-reporter-kamla-bhatt-describes-evolution-of-ishaara-to-national-fame/ https://www.ishaara.com/indian-reporter-kamla-bhatt-describes-evolution-of-ishaara-to-national-fame/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:00:39 +0000 anhad http://www.ishaara.com/?p=99 Ishaara, University of California’s Hindi Film Dance aka Bollywood dance group appeared on NBC’s primetime show American’s Got Talent. They clearly wowed the audience and are moving up the ladder and participate in the next round in Las Vegas.

Currently, Ishaara is ranked as the number one dance group in the Bollywood or Hindi Film Dance category at the University level. Interestingly, I just did a longish story about the growth of Hindi Film Dance group in US universities, which has seen a sudden explosion in the last 5 years and is emerging as a new dance category. Will share the link once the article is published.

Last year I saw Ishaara perform live at Cal Berkeley and these guys outstanding. It is amazing how much energy, time, money and above all analysis goes into the creation of each show. I sometimes think even the original Hindi or Bollywood production folks don’t put in so much time and effort.

Wishing Ishaara the very best.

View Full Article at Kamla Bhatt Blog

]]> https://www.ishaara.com/indian-reporter-kamla-bhatt-describes-evolution-of-ishaara-to-national-fame/feed/ 0 NBC Covers Ishaara’s Appearance on America’s Got Talent! https://www.ishaara.com/nbc-covers-ishaaras-appearance-on-americas-got-talent/ https://www.ishaara.com/nbc-covers-ishaaras-appearance-on-americas-got-talent/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:00:32 +0000 Ishaara http://www.ishaara.com/?p=90 When the dance troupe Ishaara entered the stage of “America’s Got Talent” last night, they told judges that they would “knock your socks off.”

They didn’t disappoint.

The group, which is composed of 15 students from UC Berkeley, danced to the song “Jai Ho” from the soundtrack to the hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire.”

They received a standing ovation from the audience and all three judges voted to send them to the next round of the contest in Las Vegas.

Jude Piers Morgan described the performance as “brilliant.”

Ishaara has won several intercollegiate competitions over the past few years. Their members rehearse up to 20 hours each week in addition to attending school.

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