In 1978, the elaborately costumed husband and wife team of K.P. and Katherine Kunhiraman stepped onto the stage at the first San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and brought U.S. audiences a taste of ...

K.P. Kunhiraman, one of the world's foremost artists of Indian kathakali dance, was to be honored - along with his wife, Katherine - Saturday at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. But on ...

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, ...

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 ...

Here we bring you the answer! Kathakali dance form Kerala is the Southwestern Indian state that is popular for Kathakali dance form, people enjoy this. What is kathakkali? Kathakali is a classical ...

One of the major factors that sets Kathakali apart from other classical dance and theatre forms of India is the longevity of the artistic life of its performers. Kathakali artistes, who perform ...

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 ...

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 ...

The acclaimed artist reflects on Kathakali’s traditions, evolving storytelling, visual grandeur, and the growing interest among younger generations in this classical dance-drama Renjish Nair, an ...