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Bhangra Theory dance practice: Photos

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  • Pooja Jhaveri, right, practices Bhangra at the Duo Multicultural Arts Center on East Fourth Street in Manhattan on Jan. 21, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Divyanka Gupta, 21, drove from Boston, to the Jan. 21, 2018, practice.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • A dozen handpicked dancers, selected from more than 80 applicants, performed the fast-paced dance during the Jan. 21, 2018, practice.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Armaan Gupta, who founded the Bhangra Theory dance team, led the workout on Jan. 21, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Though dancers traditionally perform in vibrant multicolored outfits, college T-shirts were popular at the practice on Jan. 21, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Armaan Gupta led the dance workout at the Duo Multicultural Arts Center on Jan. 21, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Whoops and tongue-swirling sounds accompanied moves that rocketed off the floor and ended in a Russian-style bear dance during the Jan. 21, 2018, practice.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh

The Bhangra Theory dance team, the city’s first coed, non-university-affiliated group of its kind, met and practiced together for the first time on Jan. 21, 2018. Performing the centuries-old, northern Indian folk dance known as Bhangra, coach and founder Armaan Gupta led the fast-paced class made up of a dozen handpicked dancers.

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