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Becoming a Kattaikkuttu Performer

Transmission and Training in a Traditional, Subaltern Theatre Form of South India

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Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia

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Abstract

The essay describes the training trajectory of a traditional kattaikkuttu performer – a young boy in his early teens – apprenticing with a professional theatre ensemble. It compares the traditional training trajectory with the institutionalized training in kattaikkuttu acting and music that the Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam, a residential theatre school in South India, has provided from 2002 to 2020 to young rural girls and boys in combination with formal education.

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  1. Kattaikkuttu Sangam, Kuttu Kalai Kudam (Centre for Performing Arts), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

    Hanne M. de Bruin

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  1. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Padma M. Sarangapani

  2. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India

    Rekha Pappu

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  1. Indian Institute of Science Campus, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Sundar Sarukkai

  2. Ninasam, Heggodu, Karnataka, India

    KV Akshara

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de Bruin, H.M. (2020). Becoming a Kattaikkuttu Performer. In: Sarangapani, P.M., Pappu, R. (eds) Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia. Global Education Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3309-5_4-1

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