Kathakali performance 2025 Archives

The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – 83

Nirmala PanikerMarch 1, 2023

We discussed some of the Asamyutha Mudras(Single hand gestures) in the last part of this series. Here…

Mohiniyattam Workshop

IAR DeskMay 23, 2021

International Academy of Mohiniyatam conducts sopana natanam workshop on ‘Mukhachalam’, a composition of Kavalam Narayanan Panicker

Violin Maestro TN Krishnan: A Natural Musician

IAR DeskNovember 3, 2020

Playing notes steeped in dignity and simplicity, TN Krishnan (1928-2020) was an exemplar of the Carnatic violin, remembers S Saketraman

The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – Part 19

Nirmala PanikerNovember 3, 2021

Swathi Thirunnal not only revived Mohiniyattam, but was also responsible for inculcating Carnatic classical music into the dance form.

Mudra Notation: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – 72

Nirmala PanikerNovember 2, 2022

How G Venu created Mudra notations for three of Kerala’s dance forms Kathakali, Mohiniyattam and Kudiyattam.

The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam: Part 22

Nirmala PanikerNovember 30, 2021

It was the loyalty to the king that compelled Thankamani’s parents to enroll her in Kalamandalam.

Koodiyattam maestro Venu G will lead an interactive teaching session on eye exercises and the nuances of the nine stylized facial emotions codified in the ancient acting treatise Natya Shastra. To be held in the first half of the months of November and December 2020, the workshop is being dedicated to 20th-century Kathakali great Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair.