Date:18/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/18/stories/2008081852160300.htm

Kerala - Thrissur

Kathakali guide for foreign students

Staff Reporter

Thrissur: ‘Practical approach to Kathakali Training and its Body-Exercise Routine’, a book written by Boris DaussÀ-Pastor and Kalamandalam K.M. John was released at Vivekodayam Higher Secondary School, here, on Sunday. The book is a response from Kalamandalam K.M. John’s student Boris DaussÀ to the usual shortcomings encountered by foreign students.

For a foreign student it is difficult to navigate the existing information regarding Kathakali training, Mr. John says. The idea of the book is to solve these problems faced by foreign students.

It is a visual guide to the basic Kathakali body-exercise and a simple introduction to the conventions of Kathakali.