Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 14: Natraj Natya Kunj, concluded month long production oriented theatre workshop and interaction sessions here at Studio Ranglok, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, the financial assistance for which was provided by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Jammu.
Natraj Natya Kunj, provided a platform to young energetic youth of Jammu who wanted to earn knowledge of Theatre. Experts from different fields also interacted with students and delivered lectures, demonstrations and shared their experience with the young aspirants.
Veteran writer and director Kumar A ‘Bharti’ taught the basic principles of play writing, Dr Sudhir Mahajan senior drama instructor JKAACL interacted on the topic of “Theatre of roots and modern sensibilities” and said that our regional culture should be preserved and it is high time that we should be serious about our roots.
Students of Natraj Natya Kunj also visited Dansal and met folk artist Dhani Ram and his team who are doing folk theatre. Students interacted with them on the topic “How Rural Theatre is different from Urban Theatre”. Ashok Sharma senior Journalist delivered lecture on “Importance of Journalism and Mass Media in Theatre”, Abhishek Bharti PhD Scholar from Deptt of Indian Theatre, Punjab University, Chandigarh gave demonstrations about Physical Theatre. He also demonstrated the process of Making Music from waste material and how to use these instruments in theatre.
Dushyant Kumar, an alumni of NSD shared with the students about the Directorial Process in Modern Theatre. His topic was “Should Director be interpretative rather be a creative Artist”, Jagdeep Singh alumni of Indian Theatre Department interacted on the topic of “Acting technique in folk Theatre”. Pawan Bhardwaj who came all the way from Haryana to teach the students on technical aspects of theatre, shared with students “the principle and elements of modern day lighting”.
In this month long theatre workshop, a comedy satire play “The Government Inspector” was also prepared. The play is originally written by Russian Writer Nicolai Gogol and is adapted in Hindustani by Kumar A ‘Bharti’ and directed by Abhishek Bharti. The show of this Play is on 17 July 2016 at Abhinav Theatre Jammu.
President Natraj Natya Kunj, lauded the support of JKAACL and hoped that in near future such support would be forthcoming so that we could extend our efforts to conduct workshops in rural areas with folk artists of that areas.
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