Tag: TaRaas
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TaRaas places in national competition
Members of UTD’s Indian dance team TaRaas danced their way to second place at the Raas All-Stars National Championship on March 31. Held at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, the collegiate competition featured the top eight university teams in the nation, including UT Austin, Carnegie Mellon and Rutgers University. Each team competed in raas-garba…
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Diversity through dance
When Charlie Hooper auditioned for Indian folk dance team UTD TaRaas, members thought the “white guy” was in the wrong room. To make sure, the team captains asked Hooper if he came to the right audition. After passing both the audition and callback rounds, Hooper, a finance sophomore who is half-Caucasian and half-Taiwanese, became the…