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Kerala Kalamandalam To Become a Cultural University in Next Five Years

B Anantha Krishnan has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam

India Art ReviewOctober 21, 2023

The institution is currently awaiting its transformation into a university. B Anantha Krishnan has been…

Tillana: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam –93

Nirmala PanikerJuly 3, 2023

Tillana, the concluding part of the Mohiniyattam performance repertoire, evokes feelings of happiness, joy, and ecstasy.

Eshna Kutty, in Full Flow

Asha PrakashSeptember 12, 2021

There’s more to Eshnakutty than a viral video. The Delhi-based flow artiste is a psychology graduate and a post-graduate in dance movement therapy and says her ultimate aim is to make as many people join the flow movement.

Nomadland and the Unmaking of the American Working Class

Jinoy Jose PDecember 12, 2020

The Oscar-winning American film Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Frances McDormand, is a clinical examination of the chinks in American capitalist society. It is the Grapes of Wrath of the gig economy era.

Alice Boner: Kathakali’s First Ambassador to the West

Vini ADecember 15, 2020

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.