Kathakali - King Lear /
French dancer and choreographer Annette Leday and Australian playwrighter David McRuvielliam transposed Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear into Kathakali, an Indian dance and theater tradition. The central themes of kinship, love, renunciation to the world and war are magnified by the colorful sto...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Language Notes: | Sung in Hindi, with English subtitles. |
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Paris, France :
Windrose SAS,
2019.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | French dancer and choreographer Annette Leday and Australian playwrighter David McRuvielliam transposed Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear into Kathakali, an Indian dance and theater tradition. The central themes of kinship, love, renunciation to the world and war are magnified by the colorful storytelling, the make-up and the huge headdresses of the dancers who move the stage through the harmony of their gestures and the intensity of their emotions. Shot in Théâtre de la Ville, Paris. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed February 18, 2020). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (119 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:58:09 |
| Production Credits: | Video director, Greg Germain. |