Acting techniques of Kutiyattam : Sanskrit theatre of India / produced by Department of Theatre, Michigan State University, in association with Instructional and Public Television.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Richmond, Farley P., 1938- narrator.

McMullen, Larry, director.

Michigan State University. Department of Theatre, producer.

Michigan State University. Instructional and Public Television, distributor.

Michigan State University. Instructional Media Center, distributor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Asian theatre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kūḍiyāṭṭam.

Acting.

Performing arts--India.

Performing arts.

India.

Sanskrit drama.

Theater--India.

Theater.

Genre:

Educational films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Sanskrit theatre of India

Title on container: Asian theatre, acting techniques of Kutiyattam, sanskrit theatre of India

Place of Publication:

[East Lansing, Mich.] : Instructional Media Center, Michigan State University, [1980]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Farley Richmond demonstrates the acting techniques of Kutiyattam, a form of Indian theater from Kerala, in which plays are staged in the Sanskrit language. Performances take place in a specially designed temple theater and are acted by an hereditary community of performers. Focuses on techniques that are pertinent to the training of western actors, including the use of gestures, eye exercises and facial expressions.

Participant:

Performers: K. Raman Cakyar, K. Shivan Nambudiri, M. M. Cakyar, P. K. Narayana Nambiar ; narrator, Farley Richmond.

Credits:

Photographs, Farley Richmond ; director, Lary McMullen.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

23559239