Of Beauty & Deities: Music & Dance of India

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Telling stories of the deities

This one hour film:

demonstrates and explains bharatanatyam, an ancient and classical southern Indian dance form
features interviews with the world-famous K.P. Kunhiraman (now deceased) and his dancer wife Katherine Kunhiraman
gorgeous costumes, skillful dancing
an insight into southern Indian, and Hindu, culture

Both K.P. Kunhiraman and Katherine Kunhiraman were trained in India’s famous Kalakshetra Institute. The dance form is a kind of sign language and Katherine Kunhiraman translates one of the dances for us. They founded a dance academy in California which they ran together until K.P. passed away; Katherine has continued it on. It serves primarily the daughters of Indian immigrants anxious to pass their heritage on to the next generation.The dances are both beautiful and colorful, and the stories, fascinating.

Mailing Address:

Palomino Productions
P.O. Box 8565
Berkeley, CA. 94707, USA