Northwestern’s Ahana Dance Project performed its annual spring show on May 22. This year’s spring production, “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani,” featured a mix of contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian fusion choreography.
Northwestern’s Ahana Dance Project performed its annual spring show on May 22. This year’s spring production,“Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani,”featured a mix of contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian fusion choreography. The audience filled the Technological Institute Auditorium to support dancers, listen to heartfelt senior send-off speeches and celebrate the organization’s work over the academic year.
Warm lighting brought visual excitement to the Ahana performance. (Namara Lwansa/The Daily Northwestern )Dances featured sharp formations and confident partner work. (Namara Lwansa/The Daily Northwestern )A lively mashup of “24K Magic,” by Bruno Mars, and “Hadippa,” by Mika Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan, mixed hip-hop energy with Bollywood flair, creating an upbeat and crowd-engaging performance. (Namara Lwansa/The Daily Northwestern )Ahana rounded out the show with an energetic group routine blending sharp formations and South Asian fusion featuring choreography by McCormick junior Pratyush Shahir, Weinberg junior Abhirup Are, and Weinberg first-years Nivesh Reddy and Pranith Surapaneni. (Namara Lwansa/The Daily Northwestern )