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And the workshop participants will watch as the story tellers don their elaborate costumes and makeup. “J ust to put on the make-up can take up to three hours. It’s a great thing for photographers and visual artists,” Ms. Portman noted.
There will be chances all along for conversation between the Indian actors and the American audience, “People can ask them, ‘what’s your life like back in Kerala?’ We can find out what it means to be a national treasure and just who these national treasurers are, Ms. Portman added.
The workshop, the demonstrations and the performances aren’t designed just for other performing artists, she emphasized. “All of us can learn something. What is it that links all of us together? What is it that we all have in common? From India to Kalamazoo, we all share the same stories.
“The Golden Key wants to do something like this once every year. Something that gives us a sense of the global community to which we all belong,” Portman continued. “For me, that’s what stories are all about.”
Tickets for performances with demonstrations by the Kutiyattam Theatre are $6.50 in advance, $8 at the door. The evening program at the Washington Town Hall on Sept. 15 and 16 will begin at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are available at Mountainside Market and The Village Cafe in Washington or by mail from The Golden Key, P.O. Box 203, Washington, VA 22747.
Registration for the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. seminar/workshop on Saturday, Sept. 16, is $35 in advance (includes admission to one evening performance). For additional information, contact Julie Portman at (703) 987-3164. The Golden Key is a non-profit, tax exempt organization.
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