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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The verse she sang represented the emotional moment when Hanuman met Sita, years after she was abandoned by Rama, at the hermitage of Valmiki. KOCHI: In October, 16-year-old Sabri scripted history by ...

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 ...

Decades of patience have borne fruit for a village in Kerala that holds close to its heart an art form that defines the state’s heritage – Kathakali. Nearly 30 years after first raising their demand ...