Chandigarh: Kerala’s Vibrant Folk and Classical Dances Enthral Chandigarh Audience.

Kerala Tourism brought the rich cultural heritage of the state to life in Chandigarh with a mesmerising showcase of traditional and folk art forms.

Aliyesha

#2024 #alnair #inktober #inktober2024 #inktober2024exotic #fallforcostume2024 #spice #tigress #kerala #mohiniyattam

Also Fall for Costume - Spice
I have tried to draw a tigress dancing Mohiniyattam in a small paper size.  I feel like Kerala speaks of spice and exotic to me. 

2024

Dance and performance across boundaries of caste, gender and citizenship in India

Three recent books demonstrate how dancers negotiate individuality and collective identity through their work, and how their gender and sexuality is controlled and reproduced by caste mechanisms in modern Indian society. Ranjana Dave writes.

#BookReview #dance #caste #PerformingArts #brahminism #gender #masculinity #dalits #BRAmbedkar #mohiniyattam #tamasha #lavani #kuchipudi # #books #ShailajaPaik #HarshitaMruthintiKamath #RumyaSreePutcha #bookstodon #india

https://www.himalmag.com/culture/lavani-tamasha-maharashtra-dance-performance-caste-gender-citizenship-india

Dance and performance across boundaries of caste, gender and citizenship in India

Three recent books demonstrate how dancers negotiate individuality and collective identity through their work, and how their gender and sexuality is controlled and reproduced by caste mechanisms in modern Indian society

Himal Southasian

#Kerala Kalamandalam welcomes students of all genders after Sathyabhama’s racist remark

The decision came at a time when the state has been witnessing a raging row over recent racist remarks made by a senior #Mohiniyattam dancer against a fellow artist.
https://thesouthfirst.com/kerala/kerala-kalamandalam-welcomes-students-of-all-genders-after-sathyabhamas-racist-remark/

Kerala Kalamandalam welcomes students of all genders after Sathyabhama's racist remark

The decision came at a time when the state has been witnessing a raging row over recent racist remarks made by a senior Mohiniyattam dancer against a fellow artist.

The SouthFirst