“Kathakali has the image of being abstruse. We have to make it more interactive to make it relevant,” says Kerala Kalamandalam dean K B Rajanand. “Characters like the carpenter of Bakavadham ...

Originated over 500 years ago, Kathakali is a spectacular classical dance form of Kerala. It is a combination of drama, dance, music and ritual. Kathakali is one of the oldest theatre forms in the ...

Kerala resident Lakshmi Ranjith has proved that Kathakali can also be learned through online platforms. She is a native of Manjoor village in Kottayam district. She started it as a hobby during ...

Kathakali, which originated in Kerala over 300 years ago, combines devotion, drama, dance, music, costumes and make-up to retell the great stories of the past, mostly from Indian epics, using hand ...

When I started watching Kathakali, most in the audience were above 50. In contrast, in the last two to three decades, youngsters have dominated the audience in Kerala. In The God of Small Things ...

Ayroor, a village in Kerala, known for its scenic beauty and cultural heritage, took 12 years to convince the authorities to rename it. The village is now called Ayirur Kathakali Gramam ...

THRISSUR: With its origins around the 16th century, kathakali is a classical performance art that combines dance, drama and music, and is rightly considered a national treasure. But society’s ...

From viral reels and protest rap to environmental trauma and literary legends, Kerala’s new university syllabi mirror a ...

With a B Sc (geography) degree, Ranjumol returned to Kerala when she got a job with ... So it was only natural that I chose to study Kathakali Vesham as a BA course at the RLV College of Music ...