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Kalamandalam Gopi
Indian dancer
Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair | |
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Kalamandalam Gopi during a public function in | |
| Born | 21 May Kothachira, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other&#;names | Kalamandalam Gopi |
| Occupation(s) | Kathakali Actor, actor |
Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair popularly known as Kalamandalam Gopi, is an Indian dancer who is an exponent of the classical dance-drama style known as Kathakali.
Life
Born as Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair in the Southern Indian village of Kothachira in Kerala, he completed his formal lessons in the dance from the Kerala Kalamandalam in [1] He began his career on the Kathakali stage in the s and s, but he had been appointed as a teacher at his alma mater, the Kerala Kalamandalam in , by poet laureate Vallathol Narayana Menon, who had founded the school.[1]
In , Gopi retired from the post as school principal and he is the only living performer of the art to have been appointed by Val