With his remarkable journey for more than 90 years, Guru Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair was an exemplar in Kathakali
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Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody’s Kathakali career earned new sheen when the maestro recently won the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi fellowship.
Kathakali veterans Mathoor Govindankutty and Madavoor Vasudevan Nair represent an interesting era in the history of the dance drama
Terracotta sculptures have been of increasing interest to musician-dancer-lyricist Sadanam K Harikumar.
Swiss Indologist Alice Boner’s enthusiasm for Kathakali triggered the Kerala art-form’s popularity across the West since the 1930s. She remains largely forgotten amid the 90th anniversary celebrations of Kalamandalam, the dance-theatre’s premier institution.
Astad Deboohad no bounds when it came to experimental choreography.
Two heart-attacks, ouster as teacher from his alma mater prompt Kalanilayam Gopalakrishnan to stay out of Kathakali, his passion for 55 years.
The vintage Malayalam movie song, penned by Vayalar and tuned by G Devarajan, gets colourful Kathakali version by Kalamandalam Ganesan.
Kerala institution handheld its protege Neelakantan Nambissan to Kathakali stage
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.