Kutiyattam, arguably the oldest continually-performed theatre art form in the world, is all set to reach out to the masses. Many scholars and students from aboard, particularly Germany, have been ...

Kutiyattam, the oldest surviving form of Sanskrit theater from Kerala, is a highly stylized and complex theatrical language, which was declared a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of ...

The ancient art of Kutiyattam travelled all the way from the Koothambalam (temple theatre) of Kerala, for the very first time, to the Namghar (a place for offering congregational prayers) in a busy ...

When a jam-packed audience in Yakutia, in the Russian Far East gave a standing ovation to the artists staging the Kutiyattam dance, the group was overwhelmed by the warm reception in such a distant ...

Kapila Venu, one of the leading exponents of Kutiyattam in India who performed as part of the recently held Mahatma Gandhi Mission Sangeet Academy (MAHAGAMI) cultural festival in the city spoke to TOI ...

People came from as far away as Kolkata, Mysore and Kerala to watch Mrcchakatikam at Ranga Shankara, Bengaluru, early last month. In the long queue to enter the performing arts venue were not only ...

The evening throbs with the fervent beats of traditional drums. The tall brass lamp on the stage flickers ominously as Lakshmana looks in awe at Surpanakha. The demoness is disguised as a beautiful ...

Whether you are familiar with Kutiyattam or not, there’s every reason to head to the India International Centre in Delhi this week to watch a live performance. For not only is this ancient performance ...

To commemorate 60 years of Kutiyattam’s institutional journey, the Department of Kutiyattam at the Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed to be University for Art & Culture is organising the International ...

* Psychological realism did not start with Stanislavski. It started a little earlier by a couple of thousand years with Kutiyattam About 20 years ago, I had my first experience of a Kutiyattam ...

India has a rich culture of performances paying homage to the gods. Forms like the Gujarati dandiya, the chhau from West Bengal and the Bharatnatyam from Tamil Nadu have been around for generations.