Tradition and innovation in Yaksagana: Kota Shivarama Karanth and Keremane Shambhu Hedge
Author :Bapat, Guru Rao
Keywords :Folk dance, Indic
Bharata natyam
Issue Date :1999
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :Present study is about the Tradition and Innovation in Yaksagana special reference to Kota Shivarama Karanth and Keremane Shambhu Hegde. Yaksagana is a dance theatre of Karnataka with a history of at least five hundred years. Yaksagana also underwent a process of change like Bharatanatyam or Kathakali in the first half of this century but only in a limited sense. Yaksagana had always been perform in the open air with commercialization. It is in such a context that the efforts of people like ShivaramaKaranth and Shambhu Hegde become important. Both of them have experimented with the form. But they have been equally keen to retain what they considered were significant features of the Yaksagana tradition. It is also interesting to note that in their artistic work they took different directions. The efforts of both these artists become significant as they point to the future development of this dance theatre.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
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Bapat, Guru Rao
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1999
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Present study is about the Tradition and Innovation in Yaksagana special reference to Kota Shivarama Karanth and Keremane Shambhu Hegde. Yaksagana is a dance theatre of Karnataka with a history of at least five hundred years. Yaksagana also underwent a process of change like Bharatanatyam or Kathakali in the first half of this century but only in a limited sense. Yaksagana had always been perform in the open air with commercialization. It is in such a context that the efforts of people like ShivaramaKaranth and Shambhu Hegde become important. Both of them have experimented with the form. But they have been equally keen to retain what they considered were significant features of the Yaksagana tradition. It is also interesting to note that in their artistic work they took different directions. The efforts of both these artists become significant as they point to the future development of this dance theatre.
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