Kuchamani Khyal: a vibrant folk theatre of Rajasthan
Author :Mathur, Madan Mohan
Keywords :Kuchamaṇi khyal
Folk darma, Rajasthan
India--Rajasthan
Issue Date :2006
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :Khyal in general as a folk-theatre form assimilates vocal and instrumental music and dance besides histrionics and the art of costume design. A Khyal actor has to be a 'total actor' one who can act, sing, and dance with precision to the accompaniment of the Naqqara (kettledrum). Khyal is an all-male affair. with men playing female roles. The Kuchamani Khyal is specific to western Rajasthan and is dis tinct from the other professional genre of Khyal preval ent in Rajasthan, the Shekhawati Khyal. It is a style that emerged out of the Khyal theatre performed by village fo lk around the Holi festival a night-long theatre-in -the-round performance of mythological, historical, or social dramas already well-known to the audience. Rural play writing talent would initiate this communal venture by composing a libretto which committed to memory, preserved within its rhapsodical structure the musical rendering by the actor on the stage.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Mathur, Madan Mohan
dc.coverage.spatial
Rajasthan
dc.date.accessioned
2017-07-12T01:06:41Z
dc.date.available
2017-07-12T01:06:41Z
dc.date.issued
2006
dc.description.abstract
Khyal in general as a folk-theatre form assimilates vocal and instrumental music and dance besides histrionics and the art of costume design. A Khyal actor has to be a 'total actor' one who can act, sing, and dance with precision to the accompaniment of the Naqqara (kettledrum). Khyal is an all-male affair. with men playing female roles. The Kuchamani Khyal is specific to western Rajasthan and is dis tinct from the other professional genre of Khyal preval ent in Rajasthan, the Shekhawati Khyal. It is a style that emerged out of the Khyal theatre performed by village fo lk around the Holi festival a night-long theatre-in -the-round performance of mythological, historical, or social dramas already well-known to the audience. Rural play writing talent would initiate this communal venture by composing a libretto which committed to memory, preserved within its rhapsodical structure the musical rendering by the actor on the stage.
dc.source
Sangeet Natak Akademi
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application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4159
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject
Kuchamaṇi khyal
Folk darma, Rajasthan
India--Rajasthan
Government of India
