Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: While terming Jammu as the emerging significant future hub of performing arts in view of the growing passion for theatre in the upcoming generation, Bhasha Sumbli, noted young theatre artist and NSD graduate today suggested that budding generation should be given a connect to the various performing art forms of the nation.
Quoting extensively from her own experiences with different performing art forms across the country, she stressed upon the need for the future performing artists to be skilled in such varied disciplines of the body and the mind.
Bhasha Sumbli, while talking to media persons, said she herself benefitted immensely by learning the Chhattisgarghi folk form Pandwani, clowning and stunt form Circus, Odiya and Kerala martial art forms Chhau and Kalaripayattu, as well as the 3000 year old ancient classical Indian acting form Kudiyattam besides various Western acting methodologies. “I was amazed when I saw artists in China and Pakistan interested in knowing such Indian diversified art forms that they wished to experiment with in fusion with their contemporary respective genres,” she added and shared experiences of her international performances with Chinese and Pakistani counterparts during the 7th Asian Theatre Education Council summit in Beijing and NAPA International theatre Festival, Karachi this year.
Bhasha Sumbli, further informed that she is presently undergoing intense advance ‘Kudiyattam’ training in Kerala under the internationally acclaimed master G Venu, with the ambitious project of presenting an ancient Greek text in this form. She will travel along with this performance and put up a special show for Jammuites.
Bhasha Sumbli was flanked by her fellow Chinese theatre personality, Fang Sipei, a Graduate from the prestigious Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, who is in town for her theatre tour, besides fellow NSD actor Sunil Soni.
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