For Theatre Artistes, Dancers and other Performing Artistes 05-14 August 2016 Thrissur, Kerala Theatreconnekt’s annual workshop on the age old Sanskrit theatre tradition – Kutiyattam will take place at Thrissur, from 05 to 14 August. The workshop is designed specifically for contemporary theatre artistes, dancers and performing artistes from other disciplines. The workshop will be(…)
6.45pm, Wednesday, 21 October 2015, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Natyagruham, Thrissur
Theatreconnekt presents ‘KOOGU’ a devised performance by Anish Victor a renowned theatre person from Bangalore.Koogu is a series of vignettes based conversations between Michel Casanovas and Anish. There was a recurring theme that appeared in every conversation – the meaning of a ‘warrior’.
22 October 2015, Thrissur
We proudly bring the master-class cum workshop by Michel Casanovas, the renowned choreographer and Movement Director from France. The workshop designed for the performers from theatre, film, dance and other performing art forms, to buff up their movement skills.
03-12 July 2015, Irinjalakkuda
“I applaud all of Theatreconnekt for conceptualizing and realizing the workshop on Kutiyattam. Sooraj, Kesavan and Venu ji, having worked with acting schools every year, understand students well – and the program you both have structured could be a template for initiation into the art.(….)
For Theatre Artistes, Dancers and other Performing Artistes
03-12 July 2015 Ammannur Gurukulam, Irinjalakkuda, Kerala
Theatreconnekt together with Ammannur Chachu Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam, organizes workshop in
Kutiyattam, the age old Sanskrit theatre tradition. The workshop is designed specifically for contemporary
theatre artistes, dancers and performing artistes from other disciplines.(…)
Pan-Asian Intercultural Theatre Project
Hiroshi Koike, the renowned Japanese director and choreographer is in India to produce the second chapter of his 4 part pan-Asian intercultural theatre project, ‘Mahabharata’. Being the Indian collaborator of the project, we welcome Hiroshi and team to India, the land of the great epic ever told, the Mahabharata.(…)
DOCUMENTARIES ON THEATRE We bring you some of very interesting documentary films made on theatre around the world. Few of them are made on successful groups from India, which sustain for several decades through unique propositions. Some are very strong political theatre movements. At the same time you may watch well documented works on(…)
‘ATSA Short Course’ in Arts Management (08, 09 & 10 August 2014, Hotel Pooram International, Thrissur, Kerala) ‘ATSA Short Course’ is a programme in Arts Management from ARThinkSouthAsia (ATSA), Delhi, the foremost organization dedicated to founding a cadre of cultural managers committed to the advancement of capacity building in South Asia. A large part of(…)
We present Kamsavadhom (Slain of Kamsa) Nangiarkoothu by Usha Nangiar at 7.00pm on Saturday, 09 August 2014. The performance will be held at Paleli Hall, Brahmaswom Madhom, Thrissur. Usha Nangiar will be accompanied by Kalamandalam V K K Hariharan and Kalamandalam Rajeev on mizhavu, Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan on Edakka, and Athira on thalam. The specially designed(…)
Kesavan Veluthat will be presenting his recent findings on reading literary texts from medieval Kerala once again, particularly texts in what is called Manipravalam.
Two things emerge from this study; a) that they are not the products of the cultural decadence and moral degradation of the Namputiris as has been made out by historians like Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai; and b) that they represent a continuation, in every way, of the kavya tradition in Sanskrit, the agency for reaching which in Kerala was the Sanskrit theatre.