Heike Moser

Heike Moser
Moser in 2013
Born	Heike Moser Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Koodiyattam dancer

Heike Moser is a German Koodiyattam artist and teacher. She is the first foreign women to learn and make debut in Koodiyattam, a traditional art performing in Kerala, India.^[1]

Biography

Moser became interested in India after seeing a Bharatnatyam dance performed by Caroline Gerbert Khan in Germany . Moser who was a disciple of Carol used to come to Chennai every year to study Bharatanatyam under Carol's teacher Savitri Jagannatharao. Later she became fascinated with Indology. At Cheruthuruthy, Kerala, she also started learning Koodiyattam from Kalamandalam Girija and Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar at Kerala Kalamandalam. from 1995 to 1998. She received her doctorate from the University of Tübingen in Nangyarkoot. Moser also learned Sanskrit from Killimangalam Vasudevan Namboothiripad.^[2]

Moser regularly visits Kerala to participate in the Koodiyattam held near Moozhikulam Lakshmanaswami temple. She was a part of the project of establishing a Malayalam chair in the name of Herman Gundert at the University of Tübingen.^[3]

References

1. "Chandrika Daily Contents". 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
2. Shulman, David (9 April 2012). More Than Real: A History of the Imagination in South India. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-05991-7.
3. "German university gifts Malayalam the legacy of Herman Gundert". The Hindu. 14 September 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 December 2023.