Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 23: Natraj Natya Kunj (NNK) is honing the professional skills of new talents in theatre and enriching their creative experience in a production oriented theatre workshop based on ‘Contemporary Practices in Theatre’, which is underway at their Studio.
Supported by ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi’, the one-month workshop began on July 5. The workshop includes an intensive practical training, lectures and discussions with the Theatre Director and teacher Abhishek Bharti who is also a recipient of National Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in Theatre Direction. The workshop is being supervised by Kumar A Bharti and is coordinated by Aaditya Bharti.
Elaborating about the workshop advisor of the Group, Rakesh Dogra said, “Each session in this unique workshop charts the critical and historical development of a mode of performance practice and assesses its contemporary significance. Designed to inspire students, scholars and practitioners, this workshop explores, what are the choices and responsibilities facing performance-makers today?”
While sharing his experiences with the student’s, workshop director Abhishek Bharti said, “The workshop is proceeded on the basis of a 3-step programme – the first was to arouse interest amongst all participants about the intricacies of the theatre experience – performance and transference; the second was to impart training in the area and the third was to help and guide them to prepare theatre production on the basis of the received training”.
Aaditya Bharti, alumni of Department of India Theatre, Panjab University Chandigarh, who is coordinating the workshop, explained that the workshop program is focused on actor’s training, relying on the Indian theatre tradition, as well as the newest experiments in performing arts.
President of the group, Kumar A Bharti said that the workshop offers a great opportunity to approach a unique methodological and practical knowledge that will enrich professional skills and offer possibility of sharing an intense creative experience at a global level.
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