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Kathakali dance-drama is a distinctive genre of South Asian performance which developed during the 16th and 17th centuries in the Malayalam-speaking coastal region of south-west India, Kerala State.
Videotaped in Kerala, India in 1993 and 1995, this film explains Kathakali's basic make-up types, the context of performance, the process and techniques of training, and performance preliminaries.
Rekha Tandon is a performer, choreographer and researcher trained in Odissi, one India’s eight classical dance forms. She is Artistic Director of Dance Routes, which reworks Odissi in modern ways.
Phillip Zarrilli, Professor of Drama at Exeter University, is internationally known for training actors using a psychophysical process combining yoga and the Asian martial arts, and as a director.
Masking or decorating the body has always featured in performance, from ancient rituals to Greek theatre, circus clowns and commedia dell’arte to the make-up that turns Broadway performers into cats.