Surutti Tillana Bharatanatyam | K P Rakesh | Oothukadu Venkata Kavi | Thillana on Krishna

Minna Minni presents an excerpt from a Bharatanatyam classical dance presentation by KP Rakesh, performed in the Mélange fest 2024 in Chennai. He presents the Oothukadu Venkata Kavi Surutti Tillana on Krishna.

Credits:
Bharatanatyam - K P Rakesh -   / rakeshkpdance  
Concept and direction - Anugrah Lakshmanan -   / anugrah_lakshmanan  
Audio recording and mixing - Sriram Ravi -   / the_avadhuth  
Videography - G Karthikeyan and team
Video editing - Padmesh Raj -   / padmeshraj.23  
Minna Minni Logo design - Animagic India - Chetan Sharma, Prajaktha Sharma, Gayatri Rao
Melange graphics - Yuthika Narain -   / yuthika_narain  

Video chapters:
00:00 - Surutti raga alapana and opening credits
00:35 - Anupallavi of Oothukadu Venkata Kavi Surutti Tillana Bharatanatyam
02:02 - Uttarangam of Oothukadu Venkata Kavi Surutti Tillana

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The Bharatanatyam classical dance form is one of the oldest in the world. This Bharatanatyam classical dance of India dates back over 2000 years. The Bharatanatyam dance is one of the eight recognized classical dance forms in India. In a Bharatanatyam dance performance, a Bharatanatyam classical dancer will present a number of pieces that showcase a variety of compositional forms.

The piece presented here is a Thillana. Tillana song is an integral part of dance repertoire as well as vocal and instrumental concerts. Tillana lyrics and meaning are very minimal, as the emphasis is on the jathi, and other rhythmic patterns. Thillana is usually presented towards the end of a concert, and without tillana Carnatic music concerts, don't usually end. To answer the question, what is thillana in Bharatanatyam, without tillana Bharatanatyam recitals don't usually end either. In Bharatanatyam Tillana dance also comes at the end of the recital. There is a lot of tillana information and tillana history in english and Tamil available online. We hope the thillana audio in the video is clear.

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