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Hoo thinks they can dance?

Photo: Hooraas Instagram

While some of us were binge watching and baking, the UVA dance team HooRaas spent thousands of hours perfecting the synchronization, expressions, energy, themes, costumes, and dozens of other elements necessary to compete at the Raas All-Stars competition in Dallas on April 16. The national collegiate dance competition has soared in popularity after forming in 2009 around the Raas-Garba tradition, a folk dance that originated in western India. This time around, the HooRaas earned an admirable 10 points, and shared third place with Cornell Big Red Raas and Texas Raas, while Rutgers RAGA took home the gold with a score of 16.

By Tami Keaveny

Arts Editor Tami Keaveny has navigated the world of arts and entertainment through a variety of marketing and public relations jobs. She has worked at WBCN, BAM Music magazine, Bonnie Simmons Management, Bill Graham Presents, Tickets.com, ClearChannel Entertainment, WordHampton Public Relations, Starr Hill Presents, and SMG before taking the desk as Arts Editor at C-VILLE Weekly. She calls San Francisco State University her alma mater and Charlottesville, Virginia her home. Hobbies include: amateur food photography, junk food culture (Food Seen), orchid killing, offensive cross-stitch, vintage glassware collecting, and wine with everything.