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Kathakali - The story of Keral
It is the classical dance form of Kerala, in South India. Kathakali is said to be influenced from Kuttiyattam and religious drama of southwestern Indian peninsula, which are traceable to at least the 1st millennium CE. The traditional themes of this dance are folk
mythologies,legends,spiritual & religious teachings from epics and Puranas.
The song is ideally Sanskrit or Malayalam. It was mainly performed by male
dancer for both male and female characters. Kathakali performance is long,
starting at dusk and continuing through dawn, with interludes and breaks for
the performers and audience. The stage is mostly bare except for the
musicians and singers. Kathakali has very elaborate make-up code, head
dress, face masks and vividly painted faces. Its one of the most difficult acts
to execute on stage and artists prepare for several years through disciplined
and rigorous training.
A Kathakali performance typically starts with artists tuning their equipment
and warming up with beats, signaling the arriving audience that the artists are
getting ready and the preparations are on. The repertoire includes a series of
performances. First comes the Totayam and Puruppatu performances, which
are preliminary 'pure' (abstract) dances that emphasize skill and pure
motion.Totayam is performed behind a curtain and without all the costumes,
while Puruppatu is the prelim when it is performed without the curtain and in
full costumes. The theory and foundations of Kathakali are same as other
major classical Indian dances, traceable to Sanskrit texts such as the Natya
Shastra, but the expression style in each is very different and distinctive. The
team performance involves actor-dancers in the front, supported by musicians
in the background stage on right and with vocalists in the front of the stage so
they could be heard by the audience before the age of microphone and
speakers
Kathakali - The story of Keral
It is the classical dance form of Kerala, in South India. Kathakali is said to be influenced from Kuttiyattam and religious drama of southwestern Indian peninsula, which are traceable to at least the 1st millennium CE. The traditional themes of this dance are folk
mythologies,legends,spiritual & religious teachings from epics and Puranas.
The song is ideally Sanskrit or Malayalam. It was mainly performed by male
dancer for both male and female characters. Kathakali performance is long,
starting at dusk and continuing through dawn, with interludes and breaks for
the performers and audience. The stage is mostly bare except for the
musicians and singers. Kathakali has very elaborate make-up code, head
dress, face masks and vividly painted faces. Its one of the most difficult acts
to execute on stage and artists prepare for several years through disciplined
and rigorous training.
A Kathakali performance typically starts with artists tuning their equipment
and warming up with beats, signaling the arriving audience that the artists are
getting ready and the preparations are on. The repertoire includes a series of
performances. First comes the Totayam and Puruppatu performances, which
are preliminary 'pure' (abstract) dances that emphasize skill and pure
motion.Totayam is performed behind a curtain and without all the costumes,
while Puruppatu is the prelim when it is performed without the curtain and in
full costumes. The theory and foundations of Kathakali are same as other
major classical Indian dances, traceable to Sanskrit texts such as the Natya
Shastra, but the expression style in each is very different and distinctive. The
team performance involves actor-dancers in the front, supported by musicians
in the background stage on right and with vocalists in the front of the stage so
they could be heard by the audience before the age of microphone and
speakers
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