In the flickering light of a traditional wicker lamp, mythological heroes and heroines, anti-heroes and crass villains, gods and demi-gods occupy centre stage. As sonorous music and scintillating ...

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

In the south Indian village of Vellinezhi something rare is happening - the villagers, hearing the drums, are making their way to an outdoor stage lit by brass lamps. The dancer on the stage, in front ...

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 ...

Sabri N, the first Kathakali student from the Muslim community to have enrolled at the Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed to be University, is all set to script another piece of history. On October 2, the ...

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 ...

The nine-year-old girl is an emerging Kathakali artiste To have a profile like that, she did start very young. “I was introduced to Kathakali when I was in kindergarten and I remember those days in ...

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 ...

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