KATHAKALI is performed by men who in their youth have undergone an intensive course of physical training and a long period of instruction in abhinaya (acting) and nritta (dancing). The former is the representation of emotions and moods by expressions of the face supplemented by mudras, the descriptive and symbolic movement of the hands and fingers in a particular manner to signify an object or action.

The Kathakali actor uses mudras in place of the spoken word. The physical training which a Kathakali student has to undergo is very strenuous. In the cooler months of the monsoon season he has a daily session of eye exercises and gymnastics from 3 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. which ends up with an oil massage. This is a special feature of the training in which the teacher, holding to a bar, massages the student with his feet and toes, working gingelly oil into every joint and muscle. The process is painful, but it does create the required fitness and flexibility of body that is demanded by the incredibly exacting tradition of the Kathakali stage.

The Kathakali actor uses mudras in place of the spoken word. The physical training which a Kathakali student has to undergo is very strenuous. In the cooler months of the monsoon season he has a daily session of eye exercises and gymnastics from 3 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. which ends up with an oil massage. This is a special feature of the training in which the teacher, holding to a bar, massages the student with his feet and toes, working gingelly oil into every joint and muscle. The process is painful, but it does create the required fitness and flexibility of body that is demanded by the incredibly exacting tradition of the Kathakali stage.

KATHAKALI characters represent the mythological beings of the three worlds—the upper world of the devas (gods), the middle world of humans and the nether world of the asuras (demons). The striking make-up and costume are designed to transform the actors both mentally and physically into the types of characters they are to portray. With the exception of the female characters and the gentle ones like sages and holy men, all characters have their faces painted over in bright colours: basically green for the heroes, gods and kings, red and black for those who are wicked and fierce, and various elaborate designs for the animal types.

Built like the traditional ‘temple courtyard’, the Theatre has been hailed not only for its architectural beauty but also for its utilitarian aspect. The Theater has state of art facilities in stage lighting and acoustics. The seating capacity is 200. We have made the facility to watch in detail the ritual worth seeing hour long process of make-up as part of our daily KATHAKALI performance. After the Performance, you will have a unique opportunity to take photographs along with the artists in colourful costumes as a souvenir. Our entire performance will be supported with commentary in English. Besides to the daily performance we facilitate to put make up and costumes of various art forms and to get dressed up in traditional attire as per the choice of the interested people both sexes from any corner of the world visiting Kochi, Kerala. The Theater that was built mainly to put on boards our daily Kathakali show, now availed of by other individuals or institutions for dance and music performances, lecture demonstrations, work shops, seminars etc.

Built like the traditional ‘temple courtyard’, the Theatre has been hailed not only for its architectural beauty but also for its utilitarian aspect. The Theater has state of art facilities in stage lighting and acoustics. The seating capacity is 200. We have made the facility to watch in detail the ritual worth seeing hour long process of make-up as part of our daily KATHAKALI performance. After the Performance, you will have a unique opportunity to take photographs along with the artists in colourful costumes as a souvenir. Our entire performance will be supported with commentary in English. Besides to the daily performance we facilitate to put make up and costumes of various art forms and to get dressed up in traditional attire as per the choice of the interested people both sexes from any corner of the world visiting Kochi, Kerala. The Theater that was built mainly to put on boards our daily Kathakali show, now availed of by other individuals or institutions for dance and music performances, lecture demonstrations, work shops, seminars etc.

Built like the traditional ‘temple courtyard’, the Theatre has been hailed not only for its architectural beauty but also for its utilitarian aspect. The Theater has state of art facilities in stage lighting and acoustics. The seating capacity is 200. We have made the facility to watch in detail the ritual worth seeing hour long process of make-up as part of our daily KATHAKALI performance. After the Performance, you will have a unique opportunity to take photographs along with the artists in colourful costumes as a souvenir. Our entire performance will be supported with commentary in English. Besides to the daily performance we facilitate to put make up and costumes of various art forms and to get dressed up in traditional attire as per the choice of the interested people both sexes from any corner of the world visiting Kochi, Kerala. The Theater that was built mainly to put on boards our daily Kathakali show, now availed of by other individuals or institutions for dance and music performances, lecture demonstrations, work shops, seminars etc.

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