traditional art forms kerala like kathakali mohiniyattam still continue entice art lovers abroad ready leave family homeland years together pursue average malayali especially youthful generation thought watching kerala art forms like kathakali mohiniyattam may energize live umpteen foreign nationals smite traditional dance forms much derive way kerala get trained experts perform public though getting students united states canada australia europe absolute majority germany peculiarly munich frankfurt hamburg says kalamandalam kaladharan dance teacher germans seem bowled traditional art forms kerala record cultural splice ups country ethnical well literary association many come either part research learn perform kerala art forms fatherland profession others hobby order kaladharan sarah yona zweig circus acrobat israel first visited kerala hoping find cure back injury however chitchat came know koodiyattom kalaripayattu became turning point life one athletic performances israel nonaged accident resulting back injury though ail subsided completely cured recalls volunteer work hospital tamil nadu came know kalaripayattu mickle inquiry learnt health benefit offered immediately claim trivandrum memorize kalaripayattu though training intense in the end saw improvement health mental says sarah stay kerala came know art take shape fascinated koodiyattom since health improved remarkably make up ones mind find out koodiyattom well research capital of israel explored various aspects dance form also took help sanskrit scholar university learn malayalam sanskrit says sarah visits kerala every year determine dance execute whenever convey opportunity ingrid lakshmi peringadan france scholarship mohiniyattam indian council cultural relations iccr says one visits kerala happened watch mohiniyattam performance moment saw functioning fell get it on much decided learn perform france the great unwashed aware beautiful saltation mannikin kerala says ingrid run dorsum france practice scholarship husband raveendran peringadan shankurur malayali kalaripayattu trainer france encouraged decision explains ingrid currently undergoing training guruvayoor ingrid says despite trained bharatnatyam kalaripayattu mohiniyattam completely new though basic mudras mohiniyattam complex expressions free flow movements elegant goes hours rigorous training daily session early morning sketch training brief break till afternoon since scholarship given extra hour training adds interestingly foreigners dedicated surmount dance course ready stay away kin motherland years irina jacobi deutschland currently trained kathakali shares story amount know kathakali theater of operations course london curious know face paint ancient stories simplified impalpable yet striking mudra kathakali soon finishing course london follow kerala learn kathakali totally clueless mode training even know going learning though training operose determined complete course extensive research reading also seek help guru explains story behind performance english communicate fellow students mudras attams vice versa even go back germany vacations twice twelvemonth ensure practice though cold weather times play spoilsport says irina currently fifth year course