“Natta” means to stretch and so the Adavu involves some stretching compared to the Tatta Adavu we explored earlier. And compared to Tatta Adavu, the Natta adavu involves heel contacts of the feet. Thus word “Nattu” in Tamil is also referred to “Perching of heels”. So get ready for some stretching and synchronization of hands and legs!

The bols (sollukattu) for this Adavu is “tai yum tat ta tai hi ya ha”. You would see that the basic leg postures used in this Adavu is Ardhamandal and Alidha. Ardhamandal was used in Tatta Adavu and we will see the Alidha postures in the explanation for this Adavu. Click on the links below to learn the steps

1. Natta Adavu - First Step
2. Natta Adavu - Second Step
3. Natta Adavu - Third Step
4. Natta Adavu Fourth Step
5. Natta Adavu - Fifth Step
6. Natta Adavu - Sixth Step
7. Natta Adavu - Seventh Step
8. Natta Adavu - Eight Step
9. Natta Adavu - Ninth Step
10. Natta Adavu - Tenth Step
11. Natta Adavu - Eleventh Step
12. Natta Adavu - Twelfth Step
13. Natta Adavu - Thirteenth Step

Related posts:

1. Natta Adavu - First Step
2. Tatta Adavu in Bharatanatyam
3. Natta Adavu Eleventh Step (Video)
4. Natta Adavu - Second Step
5. Natta Adavu Third and Fourth step (Video)

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