Mand Thillana: A Bharatanatyam Dance Presentation by Seattle Labs

Seattle Raga Labs is excited to present its first ever Dance production: Mand Thillana. The dance is a pure Nritta based rendition choreographed to the uplifting music of Mand Thillana by IndianRaga Music Fellows NCS Ravali and team.
Thillana is a vibrant composition fast in tempo, with intricate rhythmic sequences and exquisite poses. The dance has been choreographed by Akhilesh Vadari, with the able guidance of the Creative Lead Pavithra Vijayaraghavan, IndianRaga Fellow, who fine-tuned it to perfection. To match the tempo of the song, fast paced jathis with improvised patterns and unique formations have been utilized. These, put together with a young team of passionate dancers led to a very fruitful collaboration.
Performed by
Akhilesh Vadari
Neha Venkatesh
Netra Krishnan
Nidhi Achanta
Shradha Shankar
Shushmitha Radjaram
Original music - Mand Thillana by IndianRaga Music Fellows : NCS Ravali (Vocal), Priyanka Chary (Veena), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mridangam), Aditya Sriram (Drums) and Om Srivastava (Saxophone).
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All dancers are students of Guru Smt Vidyalakshmi Vinod
Original Carnatic composition by maestro Sri Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
The dancers can be reached at
Akhilesh Vadari
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Neha Venkatesh
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Netra Krishnan
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Shradha Shankar
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Shushmitha Radjaram
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Creative Lead: Pavithra Vijayaraghavan
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Raga Labs are city-based collaborations that bring together the best musicians and dancers to collaborate on high quality music videos viewed by millions of people globally. The genres we work with are rooted in Indian classical performing arts and include Carnatic music (South Indian classical music), Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), semi-classical music, contemporary and fusion music, Indian classical dances including Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, and also ballet, tap, contemporary dance. Our productions also include a wide range of instruments including mridangam, tabla, sitar, violin, flute/bansuri, veena, ghatam, and new-age categories like music arrangement and production with EDM, Trap, Pop amongst others. Our most popular innovations include classical cover songs, a cappella, mashups and remixes of the latest viral pop hits in both western and Indian music. Anyone can apply to join our collaborations, and you can visit indianraga.com/labs for more details and application process.