“Most of the time in Mexican dance, it’s about footwork. Bhangra uses the whole body, and Joti’s dance uses a lot of jumping and African movements. That part was very difficult.

A Utah dance academy is working to preserve the culture of bhangra, the folk dance traditional to the northern Indian state of Punjab — where it's called the "happy dance." ...

“ [The team is] super close, dedicated and diligent.” Entering its 26th year of celebrating traditional Punjabi folk dance, Cornell Bhangra is the longest-running collegiate team in North America.

The performances concluded with UCLA’s Ghidde Diyan Raniyan dance team, which presented a more traditional storytelling version of Punjabi dance and culture.

For over 15 years, Ministry of Bhangra has been a foundry for Punjabi dance in Chicago. They fuse tradition with innovation tempered by the grit and creativity of Chicago culture.

To build the larger dance sequences for the film, Sindher reached out to Bruin Bhangra, a cultural dance team based at UCLA that fuses northern Punjabi bhangra with modern and hip-hop dance.

"Learning some Punjabi dance moves with my student Prabnoor to celebrate the completion of our BCIT Consumer Behaviour course. Yay for my students who all passed with flying colours!

Toor and Chahal’s video reflects a new wave of Indian diaspora dance, a wave that has been enabled by platforms like YouTube and TikTok, and intensified during the pandemic with live performance ...