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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Kathakali Lecture/Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:November 2 | 10:00am\nKeene Theater\, East Quad\n701 E. University Ave.\nFree and open to the public\n\nJoin us for a lecture-demonstration of the Kathakali dance-drama plays from Kerala in South-western India featuring renowned artist Kalamandalam Manoj Kumar and lecturer V. Kaladharan.\n\nKumar will unfold the language of Kathakali\, the stylized and semi-stylized hand-gestures\, leg-exercises\, body-movements\, eye-exercises\, facial expressions and enactment of characters\, male and female\, without facial make-up and costumes but accompanied by vocal and instrumental music. V. Kaladharan writer and art-critic will speak briefly at the outset and in between the demonstration on the history\, aesthetics and transformations of the art-form. \n\nPart of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/\n\nKathakali\, literally story-play\, is a highly evolved dance-theatre tradition that originated in Kerala\, south India\, in the 17th century. It is an amazing amalgam of dance\, drama\, and music\; vocal and instrumental. The facial makeup & costuming of Kathakali are both stylized and semi-realistic. The ornamentations in Kathakali are intricate\, intriguing and incredibly elaborate. It takes three to four hours for a Kathakali actor to transform himself/herself into a Kathakali character. Traditionally Kathakali plays dramatize stories from the great Indian epics: the Ramayana\, Mahabharata\, and Srimad Bhagawatha.\n\nPresented by the Center for World Performance Studies with support from the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, the Center for South Asian Studies\, and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.\n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact Center for World Performance Studies\, at cwps.information@umich.edu or call 734-936-2777\, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/113295
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Center For South Asian Studies,center for world performance studies,Culture,cwps,Dance,india,Performance
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater
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