Bhangra on the dance floor
It was an evening of mehendi, henna and music when Nonstop Bhangra hit the dance floor at the Asian Art Museum. The party celebrated the opening of Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art. The exhibit, open through July 10, highlights South and Southeast Asian dance. It explores the sacred to the sensual along with the glamor of modern Bollywood. Beyond Bollywood celebrates the joy and power of millennia of movement.
Nonstop Bhangra’s Vicki Virk performs at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
Gurgulshan Singh plays the dhol at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
Guests learn bhangra moves from the dancers with Nonstop Bhangra at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
Nonstop Bhangra’s Suman Kumar performs at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
Guests learn bhangra moves from the dancers with Nonstop Bhangra at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
Guests dance to bhangra beats at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
The hallway of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
Guests wait to enter the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
A Nataraja statue at the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local. 
The henna station at the opening party of the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr. 8, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.