G Venu’s latest book ‘Arangilum, Munnilum Pinnilum’ is a deep exploration of the abhinaya guru’s artistic and instructional journey.
Browsing: Koodiyattam
Nangiarkoothu artist has recently received Kalamandalam puraskaram for Koodiyattam.
Karthika Thirunal Balarama Varma’s Balaramabharatam is a valuable dance treatise based on the practices that were popular in Kerala during his rule.
Ammannur Parameswaran Chakyar and Cherthala Thankappa Panicker win fellowships. Kerala Kalamandalam deemed to be university announced fellowships, awards, and endowments for the year 2020. Koodiyattam expert…
Kunchan Nambiar’s poetry and references to aesthetics accentuate Mohiniyattam’s repotire
Even though the 16th-Century literature Vyavaharamala mentioned Mohiniyattam, it was Kunchan Nambiar in the 18th Century who first described the costumes and movements of the art form.
The classical theatre of Kerala rests on the solid foundation laid down in Vyangyavyakhya (VV)
The writer, who edited the work Vyangyavyakhya explains the concept of Dhvani and how theatre art forms in Kerala deviated from NatyaShastra
Sankaracharya mentions the lasya or grace of the Goddess in several of his verses, while the recurring theme of Mohiniyattam – the pain of a Nayika separated from the Nayaka, can be metaphorically compared to Jīvātma yearning to be reunited with the Paramātma.
The manuals for several Kerala art forms like Koodiyāṭṭaṁ and Nangiārkūttụ are said to have been formed during the age of the Kulasekharas, who followed the Chera dynasty in Kerala. The current day Mohiniyattam can be considered a dance form in the lasya style which imbibed the core principles of many ancient dance forms of Chera influence