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Kathakali dances from India

Title
Kathakali dances from India [videorecording] / produced by Donald W. MacLennan.
Publication
1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Nambudiri, Krishnan
  • Gordon, Beate.
  • MacLennan, Donald W.
  • Chase, Bill.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (53 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Asia Dance Project, JDR 3rd Fund.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Educational/cultural films and programs.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Scenic and lighting design, Bill Chase.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Film Archive with the assistance of a grant from the JDR 3rd Fund at Brooklyn College Television Center on May 4, 1976. Edited version, with narration by Beate Gordon, telecast by Brooklyn College on its series, Performing arts of Asia, in 1977.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.
Contents
Basic movements of Kathakali dance and gesture. Includes training exercises: Kāl Sādhakam, Cuzhyspin, Meyuruppayava, Kalāśame (erriti Kalāśam), Strī Kalāśam (erriti Kalāśam), demonstration of Uhava-s (there are nine in all), and demonstration of a woman in a garden -- Costume demonstration -- Uttarā swayamvaram: Vana Varnana scene in which Krishnan, as Prince Uttara, performs a padam. The two wives who usually appear in this scene do not appear. Danced in costume -- Aragajakabalitam. This is an āttam, or interpolation in mime to percussion accompaniment, found in the Kathakali play, Kalyana Saughandikam, written by Kattayathu Tampuran, ca. 14th century. Performed in costume.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5578
OCLC
NYPY797021107-F
Title
Kathakali dances from India [videorecording] / produced by Donald W. MacLennan.
Imprint
1977.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.
Event
Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Film Archive with the assistance of a grant from the JDR 3rd Fund at Brooklyn College Television Center on May 4, 1976. Edited version, with narration by Beate Gordon, telecast by Brooklyn College on its series, Performing arts of Asia, in 1977.
Credits
Scenic and lighting design, Bill Chase.
Performer
Performed and demonstrated by Krishnan Nambudiri in the Southern Kerala style rather than in the classical Kaluyazhi sampradayam style of Central Kerala.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-31.
Local Subject
Television. Kathakali dances from India.
Dance drama -- India.
Added Author
Nambudiri, Krishnan, dancer.
Gordon, Beate. Narrator
MacLennan, Donald W. Producer
Chase, Bill. Designer. Lighting designer
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5578
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