Hi!
So one of the important things I discovered about Mohiniattam is that it is a highly evolving dance form. While Bharatanatyam is also still evolving, Mohiniattam is growing much faster. Mohiniyattam is the only art form of India that was subject to several revivals and renaissance. The efforts of Maharaja Swathitirunal (1813-1846) and the attempts of Kerala poet Vallathol Narayana Menon, in 1932,1937 and in 1950, are important endeavours in the history of this art. The late Thankamani was the first student of Mohiniyattam at the Kerala Kalamandalam (1932). She left the institution within a couple of years on her marriage to the late Guru Gopinath.
Mohiniattam went through a period of outlaw, when it was thought to be a form of prostitution. Thus, during its revival, it began evolving and reforming. Ms. Gopika Varma was telling me how when she was learning, Mohiniattam only had about 32 or so adavus. Now it has over 160!
So more in the next post,
So one of the important things I discovered about Mohiniattam is that it is a highly evolving dance form. While Bharatanatyam is also still evolving, Mohiniattam is growing much faster. Mohiniyattam is the only art form of India that was subject to several revivals and renaissance. The efforts of Maharaja Swathitirunal (1813-1846) and the attempts of Kerala poet Vallathol Narayana Menon, in 1932,1937 and in 1950, are important endeavours in the history of this art. The late Thankamani was the first student of Mohiniyattam at the Kerala Kalamandalam (1932). She left the institution within a couple of years on her marriage to the late Guru Gopinath.
Mohiniattam went through a period of outlaw, when it was thought to be a form of prostitution. Thus, during its revival, it began evolving and reforming. Ms. Gopika Varma was telling me how when she was learning, Mohiniattam only had about 32 or so adavus. Now it has over 160!
So more in the next post,
~Prithvi
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