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El Estoque

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El Estoque

Photo courtesy of Olivia Gao | Used with permission

Last hoorah

MVHS seniors discuss the new opportunities they pursued this year
Sophia D'Sa and Lauren Chuu
May 23, 2024
Sophomore Lotus Wu dances with her brother in the first annual Family Jam, a group dance featuring MVDT members and their families.

MV Dance Team hosts “Santa’s Workshop”

Student dance groups perform in the annual Winter Showcase
Aidan Ruan and Lillian Wang
December 11, 2022
The MV IASA officer team kicks off Spotlite on India 2022 with a welcome from President and senior Atmaja Patil.

IASA hosts first in-person Spotlite on India in two years

Diving deeper into the night of cultural performances
Shivani Madhan and Jiya Singh
April 18, 2022
Graphic by Justin Kim

Dancing forward

Taking a look at the goals and memories of MVHS's dance organizations
Seniors Shivani Verma and Esha Ramchurn stand in the front as MV Dance Team performs an in-sync whole team routine. Photo by Krish Dev

The MV Dance team hosts “A December to Remember”

Students perform in their first showcase since quarantine
Melody Cui, Krish Dev, and Gauri Manoj
December 25, 2021
Andaaz captain and junior Akshat Rohatgi says the team has always been interested in working with Raas and Bhangra, as they are all Bollywood and hip-hop fusion dance clubs. This is the first time these three teams have collaborated for a rally performance. “I feel like we give back to the school in a way [when we perform],” Rohatgi said. “We just love performing in general at shows, and especially at rallies since we performed at the Homecoming Rally earlier this year.”

A photo recap of the Winter Dynamic Duos Rally 2020

How the 2020 Winter Rally changed to a team rally
Charlotte Chui and Ayah Ali-Ahmad
February 19, 2020
“I thought this Homecoming Rally was better [than the Welcome Back Rally],” freshman Arushi Shah said. “There were more activities, they were more fun, and then it was decorated better. I just thought it was a really nice experience to be a part of.”

Homecoming Rally 2019

Despite scheduling changes the Homecoming Rally successfully kicks off Homecoming Week
Lakshanyaa Ganesh and Oishee Misra
October 13, 2019
Andaaz captains Vega Jethani, Akshat Rohatgi, Sachi Roy, and Surya Ramesh for the 2019-20 school year. Photo by Shreshta Ranganathan

The audition process behind Andaaz

Andaaz captains and new members reflect on trying out for the team and the future of Andaaz for the 2019-20 school year
Shreshta Ranganathan, Staff Writer
September 27, 2019
MV Andaaz poses at the end of their routine at LHS SIlsilay 2019. Photo used with permission.

Monta Vista Andaaz at ‘Spotlite on India’

An inside look into the dance team’s home show preparations
Ishani Singh
April 12, 2019
Three dancers. Three journeys.

Three dancers. Three journeys.

MV Andaaz members share their dance backgrounds
Ishani Singh
October 26, 2018
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