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Kathakali Dance-Drama - Phillip Zarrilli

Kathakali Dance-Drama

Where Gods and Demons Come to Play
Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
1999
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-19282-8 (ISBN)
CHF 64,55 inkl. MwSt
This book is a comprehensive introduction to Kathakali stage conventions, make-up, music and acting. Training is also provided, making this an ideal volume for both the specialist and non-specialist reader.
Kathakali Dance-Drama provides a comprehensive introduction to the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India for the first time. This landmark volume:
* explores Kathakali's reception as it reaches new audiences both in India and the west
* includes two cases of controversial of Kathakali experiments
* explores the implications for Kathakali of Keralan politics
During these performances heroes, heroines, gods and demons tell their stories of traditional Indian epics. The four Kathakali plays included in this anthology, translated from actual performances into English are:
* The Flower of Good Fortune
* The Killing of Kirmmira
* The Progeny of Krishna
* King Rugmamgada's Law
Each play has an introduction and detailed commentary and is illustrated by stunning photographs taken during performances. An introduction to Kathakali stage conventions, make-up, music, acting, and training is also provided, making this an ideal volume for both the specialist and non-specialist reader.

Phillip Zarrilli

List of illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 An ‘Ocean of Possibilities’, part I performance in the kerala context, part ii plays from the traditional repertory, part iii contested narratives: new plays, discourses, and contexts, Afterword: Whose Gods, and Whose Demons Dance?, Appendix: Kathakali Performances on Video, Notes, Bibliography and References Cited, Glossary and Table of Transliteration, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.10.1999
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 520 g
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Tanzen / Tanzsport
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-415-19282-X / 041519282X
ISBN-13 978-0-415-19282-8 / 9780415192828
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