Chavara Parukutty, who died last month, will be always remembered as the first woman to break into the male-dominated art form of Kathakali.
About:
Chavara Parukutty (1943 – 2019), from Kerala was an exponent of Kathakali.
She was one of the few women exponents of this overwhelmingly male tradition. She is regarded as the first woman to get inside the professional Kathakali circuit, breaking all barriers of patriarchy.
In 2003, she opened Kerala Natya Dhara, a school for dance at Sankaramangalam.
Awards: For her services to the art of Kerala, she was honoured with the Kerala Kalamandalam and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards.
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