For the first time in its 92-year-old history, Kerala Kalamandalam played host to the Kathakali arangettam (debut performance) of girl students, on Monday. Four girl students who had joined for a PG ...

Once a banker, KK Gopalakrishnan chose to focus on art instead of the ledger. The tales of a teller did not interest him. His passion led him to focus on performing art traditions in Kerala. Now, a ...

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 ...

ALAPPUZHA: Kathakali artists of Alappuzha are staging a show ‘Covid-19’ narrating the story of the fight between coronavirus and a vaccine developed to prevent the deadly disease. The maiden ...

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

Kalamandalam Gopi, the esteemed Kathakali artist renowned for his flawless portrayal of classical characters for nearly eight decades, has announced his retirement from the stage due to health ...

Nearly 30 years after first raising their demand for the change, a little-known village called Ayroor (South) on the banks of Pamba river in Pathanamthitta district will finally be renamed ‘Kathakali ...

Ranjumol Mohan distinctly remembers the day she came out to her sister as a transwoman at the age of 28. It was the day after Christmas in 2015 and both her parents had passed away by then; her father ...

PALAKKAD: From nine-year-old Veda Vishnu to 58-year-old Shailaja, there are over 60 female students training under the tutelage of kathakali exponent Kalamandalam Venkitaraman P N. This is supposedly ...

Practised only by male performers, it is one of the finest puppetry arts in the world, along with Marionette puppetry of the Peking Opera and Bunraku of the Japanese Kabuki dance. An art form inspired ...