Kunju Vasudevan
Kunju Vasudevan is an expert on the rich
performing arts tradition of his native Keral, India. Hailing from
a family steeped in centuries-old traditions of Indian performing
arts, Kunju has served as a producer, actor, director, drummer,
filmmaker, and teacher of a wide variety of performing arts forms.
Kunju has organized numerous tours of Keral arts to destinations
such as Singapore, Berlin, Lisbon, Budapest, Paris, Zurich, and
London. Kunju has also served as directed, performer, drummer and
workshop leader for many of the tours. Notable international
productions he was involved in include the acclaimed "Kathakali
King Lear" of Annette Leday and David McRuvie at the London Globe,
a tour of Kerala's Sama Veda chanters to Wales and Polan, and a
production of the Sanskrit farce, "Bhagavadajjukam," for which
Kunju served as director and played the clown role. Kunju has
worked in feature films, films for television, and valuable
documentaries detailing Indian traditions. Kunju worked extensively
with noted theatre historian, Phillip Zarralli, serving as research
assistant for Zarrilli whose publications on Indian performing arts
are standard texts in the field. Kunju has taught courses in
appreciation of Kathakali dance-drama and other Kerala performance
traditions.
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