Piya Se Naina | Desh Thillana | Bharatanatyam Dance | Online Dance Fellowship

This bharatanatyam piece is set to a fusion of Lalgudi Jayaraman’s Desh thillana and Amir Khusrau’s Sufi poem Main to Piya se naina, which was later composed into a song by Ram Sampath. Here, the dancers contrast romantic (sringara) love, which is described in the poem, with the devotional (bhakti) love described in the thillana. The two adult dancers take turns depicting the main character (nayika) of the poem, and use facial expressions (abhinaya), to convey to the audience how the nayika is feeling after seeing her beloved. The two teenage dancers portray their devotional love for Muruga.

Music created for IndianRaga by Maalavika Sundar and Vinod Krishnan.

Concept by: Anugraha Raman
Choreographed & Performed by: Anugraha Raman, Subhashree Thyagarajan, Hasya Karthik and Ann Vadakkan

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Anugraha Raman

Subhashree Thyagarajan

Hasya Karthik

Ann Vadakkan

[kalyanisanthanam]

Four girls danced elegantly and it was a feast for eyes...get going

[miniraman]

Lovely dance choreography, execution, and taping Anugraha, Ann, Hasya, Subhashree and team😊 Brilliant editing Anugraha and Krithi! Love the inclusiveness and (North and South Indian) fusion theme. Waiting for your next awesome performance❣😍😍😍