Kalamandalam Krishnadas reflects on his 50-year journey with the chenda
Kalamandalam Krishnadas, a renowned chenda artist, reflects on his 50-year career and his contributions to Kathakali aesthetics. He currently serves as the Principal of the Margi Academy in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Highlights the preservation of traditional Indian performing arts and the cultural significance of ritualistic dance-dramas.
During his five-decade association with the chenda, Kalamandalam Krishnadas has played a pivotal role in redefining the percussive aesthetics of Kathakali. This, however, has not distanced him from his childhood bond with Kanyarkali, a folk and ritualistic dance-drama performed across temples in his native eastern Palakkad.
The article is a straightforward biographical profile of an artist with no political or controversial framing.
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