Snippets of Information - Dance
Keralanatanam
* 23 Jul 2025
Viswa Kala Kendra was established in 1963 by Guru Gopinath and is now
affiliated to Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy. Though it was started with
the purpose to give training in Kerala Nadanam and vocal music, later
the centre has restricted its training in Music only. The classes for
Kerala nadanam are given in the Guru Gopinath Natana Gramam, which is a
collaborative venture of Viswa Kala Kendra.
Source: keralatourism.org
* 23 Jul 2025
Gopalakrishnan received the first 'Guru Gopinath Natya Puraskaram'
instituted by Guru Gopinath Natana Gramam. He joined as a faculty of
Kerala Natanam at New Era International School at Panchgani in
Maharashtra.
Source: Of dance and a great teacher by Meera Manu, newindianexpress.com, 28 Jun 2012
* 23 Jul 2025
In his book Natanakairali, Guru Gopinath says “Kerala Natanam or Kerala
Dance is a novel art form evolved from Kathakali and is comprised of
nrutha (absolute or pure dance) nritya (dance with music and
gesticulations) and natya (dramaturgy) and aangika (body gestures),
vaachika (verbal), aahaarya (costumes and make up) saatvika (of
temperaments and involuntary status) abhinaya (acting), in accordance
with the taala mela (rhythm) order of the percussion instruments used in
Kerala.”
Source: Why did Guru Gopinath conceive Kerala Natanam? by Kalamandalam Kusum Gopalakrishnan, indiaartreview.com, Dec 14, 2021
* 23 Jul 2025
Kathakali mudras are used in Kerala Natanam. These mudras are based on
the 'Hastha Lakshana Deepika' (which differs slightly from the mudras
used in Bharata Natyam which is based on the 'Abhinaya Darpana').
Source: Why did Guru Gopinath conceive Kerala Natanam? by Kalamandalam Kusum Gopalakrishnan, indiaartreview.com, Dec 14, 2021
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