IF YOU GO:What: FLAVORS! Cross Cultural Dance PartyWhere: Schine Underground in Goldstein Student CenterWhen: Friday, 8:30 p.m.How much: $5

When the South Asian Students Association says ‘Everybody Dance Now,’ they mean everybody.

A SASA-sponsored dance party, FLAVORS!, will bring together approximately a dozen cultural groups across campus for a night of music and dance in the Schine Underground at 8:30 p.m. on Friday.

Each of the groups attending the event will teach participants how to get down in the style of various cultures on campus. For example, the syRAAScuse dance group will instruct students on how to do the traditional Indian dance Raas.

When performing Raas, dancers whirl and move their feet and arms to the tune of the music with lots of drum beats. It is also known as ‘The Dance of the Swords’ because symbolically decorated sticks are used while dancing.

‘The main thing is the campus diversity talks about it all the time,’ said Monal Shah, SASA vice president. ‘But all we do is talk about it, and this is an event that we feel will get all the groups together and showcase all the types of dance in one place.’

The event will start with each group performing an example of its dance, and the groups follow the act by instructing everyone else how to do it. The night ends with a dance party to the traditional music of the cultures involved in the festivities.

Other dances that will be taught at the party include hip-hop, salsa, Bollywood and breakdancing, Shah said. The groups attending include ASIA, Black Voice and Los Colores.

On the FLAVORS! flyer reads a proclamation stating ‘Shut up and Dance.’ To SASA, it sums up the entire purpose of the bash.

‘We’re done talking about diversity,’ Shah explained. ‘Let’s actually show some diversity.’

Published on September 26, 2007 at 12:00 pm