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“Kutiyattam is the great-greatgrandparent of what the Golden Key does,” she said. “This is the root of everything.”
She finds it appropriate that the three kutiyattam performers, artists of international stature, should be on stage in the 120-seat Washington Town Hall, which doubles as the Golden Key Art Center.
Appropriate because “the intimate setting” helps "“bridge the gap between cultures.”
Appropriate because “these are great, great, great artists, but they live in a rural community. They will be so delighted, Ms. Portman noted.
“This part of Virginia bears such a resemblance to their Kerala. Both have the same lush green-ness, the rolling hills, the mountains, and the fast moving streams. And the people of Kerala and rural Virginia share the same down home quality. It will be wonderful for them.”
The two-day schedule offers much opportunity for the representatives of two cultures to become acquainted.
Before the evening performances — an interpretation of the great Hindu epic Ramayana — on both Friday and Saturday nights, the kutiyattam troupers will explain and demonstrate the rituals and techniques of their art.
Workshops and seminars on Saturday will feature a slide presentation on the temple arts and culture of south India, with Dr. Farley Richmond leading a discussion of kutiyattam through the centuries. The three members of the troupe will demonstrate the methods of training a kutiyattam performer, including massage and practice in the martial arts. They will teach their gestural language, rhythms of drumming and the chanting used to interpret a
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