In the composite art-form of Kathakali, the vocal music embodies the vachikaabhinaya (verbal acting). This feature stands out as a definite departure from its predecessor, Koodiyattam, in which the ...

All his life, Tiruvalla Gopikuttan Nair rebelled against a popular trend in Kathakali music by sticking to his aesthetic convictions and suffering their flip side. As a Kathakali vocalist , he ...

Thrissur: Kerala Kalamandalam has invited applications from students, including girls, for Kathakali music for the first time. According to the notification, admission will be for Class VIII and girls ...

Kerala Kalamandalam adapts Hemingway’s 'The Old Man and the Sea' into Kathakali, exploring modern literary themes through ...

KOCHI: In October, 16-year-old Sabri scripted history by becoming the first Muslim girl to perform kathakali at Kalamandalam.

KOCHI : Kathakali, the classical dance that portrays stories from the epics through facial expressions, hand gestures and complex footwork, to the accompaniment of music, has for long remained an ...

For over 250 years, Ayirur—a picturesque village on the banks of the holy river Pamba in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district—has been the centre of a long-standing tradition of promoting Kathakali—a ...

The Kala Chethena Kathakali Theatre Company is celebrating its 21st anniversary with a British tour of Kathakali, a classical dance-drama from South India featuring the Kathakali master Kalamandalam ...

Thrissur: A group of artists led by Kalamandalam Ganeshan have teamed up to choreograph a Kathakali show, based on the well-known Malayalam film song ‘Chakravarthini Ninakku Njanente’ authored by poet ...

KOCHI: The pandemic has shifted almost everything online, even art and craft. In a similar move, Mumbai-based performing arts company, First Edition Arts, is on a mission to take Kerala’s traditional ...