By Shreya Singh, Senior Staff Writer
• April 9, 2023
More than 200 people gathered in the August Wilson African American Cultural Center’s theater Saturday evening — along with 1,900 viewers on Youtube — to watch Dhirana’s 11th annual competition. Dhirana is Pitt’s premier collegiate classical Indian dance competition.
By Shreya Singh, For The Pitt News
• February 20, 2022
Dhirana, the student-run organization dedicated to promoting the art of Indian classical dance, hosted its 10th annual competition on Saturday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum.
Crowds gathered in Soldiers & Sailors auditorium on Saturday for the seventh annual Dhirana national Indian classical dance competition as eight collegiate dance teams competed for a $1,000 cash prize and trophy.
Anand Mahalingam and Vineet Raghu hosted a dance competition Saturday night for two reasons — nostalgia and hunger. Literal, physical hunger.
Strutting around the stage of the Soldiers and Sailors...
