Delay in conducting events marked the third of the Kozhikode Revenue District Arts Festival on Thursday as events that were scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in most of the 20 venues started hours later, causing further delay in starting other programmes. Interestingly, several people who had gathered at Stage 1 to watch the Oppana competition had to be content …
Kuchipudi is a delightful form of dance. If it has its fans in Kerala, far away from its place of origin, Andhra, the Kerala School Kalolsavam could take a lot of credit. It is doubtful whether even in Andhra there would be such massive crowds that Kuchipudi attracted on the third day of the State School Festival. Old-timers at the …
Kalamandalam Mahendran has trained over a hundred students in Ottanthullal over the years and has helped them perform at various school arts fetes. Fading artform A satirical artform Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the Ottanthullal competition at the Kerala School Kalolsavam in Kozhikode on Thursday, Mr. Mahendran expressed his angst that a large majority of his students …
The girls are like a well-oiled machine on the dance floor. Precision and coordination Precise steps But Margamkali is one dance form that demands precision and coordination at the highest level. The main venue of the Kerala School Kalolsavam at Vikram Maidan here was swarming with spectators on Thursday as the participating teams wearing mundu, chatta and kavini came up …
Despite its reputation of being the biggest students’ arts festival in Asia, a concerted effort to push the Kerala School Kalolsavam, State School Arts Festival, to the national and international arena for better visibility is yet to be a reality. The poor number of national and international visitors to the festival reinforces the need for better initiatives on the part …
KOCHI: Two Scottish women hopped from one stage to the other at the CBSE State School Youth Festival on Friday unable to hold their curiosity seeing the artforms of Kerala and were thrilled by the performance of the little ones. But then the accompanying teachers from Nirmala Public School, Muvattupuzha, familiarised us with the story and cooled us down,” said …
