It is a complete theatre form – with colours, music, costumes, characters, and drama, says a man who is a dancer, singer, ...

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 ...

Other class dance forms in India are Bharatanatyam from Tamil Nadu, Kathak from Uttar Pradesh, and Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh. Who is the father of Kathakali? The father of kathakali is ...

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 ...

It was on a summer's day in July, 1955, that Kalamandalam Govindan Kutty set foot in Calcutta [Kolkata]. His arrival in the city had a great impact on the cultural history of the city and East India ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Kathakali mesmerised students in Kochi as SPIC MACAY promoted Kerala's classical art, inspiring the next generation to ...

Tapping a short bamboo stick rhythmically on a slab of black stone, C Gopalakrishnan surveys his small class of Kathakali students in Kalakshethram, a classical arts institute housed in a small ...