Kerala Kalamandalam adapts Hemingway’s 'The Old Man and the Sea' into Kathakali, exploring modern literary themes through ...
The banks of the Pampa in Cherukolpuzha, Pathanamthitta, will resonate with the rhythms of Kathakali for an entire week as the 19th Kathakali Festival, organised by the Pathanamthitta District ...
The avant-garde dancer Guru Gopinath (1908-1987) was an ambassador of Kathakali, who believed that the dance-theatre could be popularised only if it is staged in a manner intelligible to the common ...
In 1978, the elaborately costumed husband and wife team of K.P. and Katherine Kunhiraman stepped onto the stage at the first San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and brought U.S. audiences a taste of ...
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Ancient epics are full of grisly deeds. In “Beowulf,” the hero yanks Grendel’s arm off and hangs it, dripping, from the rafters of the mead hall. In the Iliad, Achilles, after killing Hector, attaches ...
Dance exponent Prabhal Gupta discusses how the classical dance form has found a lovely synergy with English literature Who would have thought that Kathakali, a 17th century art form from Kerala would ...
Of all the classical, traditional and contemporary art forms coming from India, Kathakali is probably the most visually striking. This captivating art form blends theatre, dance and pantomime, ...
In the ’50s-’60s, classical dancer Kanak Rele broke stereotypes as one of the first women to learn and perform Kathakali. This weekend, she talks about her journey We are at Nalanda Dance Research ...
Part-dance and part-mime, the seeds of the Kathakali dance originated in the Indian state of Kerala, around the same time as Shakespeare. It was originally taught in old live-in boarding schools, ...