When Disney Princess Moana is born in Kerala, India

Ramya Vardhan
1 min readSep 28, 2018

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About concept iteration: click me

About Princess Moana

Moana is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures’ 56th animated feature film Moana

Click here to know more about the history and character origin of Moana.

Top features of Princess Moana that impressed me,

  • Dusky Skin
  • Curly hair

About Mohiniattam

Odissi, is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It originates from the state of Kerala, in southern India. It is the oldest surviving dance form of India on the basis of archaeological evidences.

Click here to know more on this dance form.

Am happy to share small time lapse of sketching Moana’s hair.

Here goes the time lapse costume design of Moana posing for Mohiniattam dance.

Hope you liked the concept. 😊

Thanks for reading and watching!

To explore more on Disney Princess posing Indian dance forms, check here

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