Shyama

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TS Vasunni

Bio

TS Vasunni has performed the lead roles in all of Tagore’s dance musicals, including Shyama, in several major productions staged by Visva-Bharati University across India. He originally trained in Kathakali under Guru Kalamandalam Gopi and Guru Kalamandalam Padmanabhan at the Kerala Kalamandalam. Even as a student, his performances attracted attention and he was invited to tour the US, Canada and Hong Kong, as well as to Russia and Turkey. As a Kathakali teacher at the Guruvayur Kathakali Club in Kerala, his performances in the roles of Duruyodhan, Ravan, Hiranyakashibu, Keechakan, Veerabhadran, Dussasanan and Trigarthan were widely acclaimed and he also performed on tour in Italy and Poland.

After being a lecturer of Kathakali at the Nalanda Dance Research Centre (Bombay University), he joined the Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University as senior lecturer. Since then, he composed Dasavatharam combining Kathakali and Bharatanatyam and performed it at many cities and towns all over India to critical acclaim. He also gave a solo dance tour to Sri Lanka, performing Kathakali, Bharatanatyam and Tagore dance, earning rave press reviews. He is one of the few artists who can perform Theeyattam, a traditional ritualistic art of Kerala which contributed to the evolution of Kathakali. He is currently a reader in the faculty of Kathakali at Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University.

Appearing as:

Bojroshen (dancer)