The theatre aspirants are learning about the importance of folk songs in theatre, in a Children's Theatre workshop organised in the city.
It is being organized by a noted theatre group of the city People’s Theatre Group. Praveen Chaubey an expert from Mumbai is giving tips on Bundeli folk songs.
He talks about the importance of Bundeli folk music and how Bundeli music is used in theatre. Besides, senior artists of the city including Sindhu Dholpure. Interestingly, all kinds of theatre forms are being taught to the students to get acquainted with theatre art.
Moreover, theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performances of may be real or imagined events on stage before the audiences. Here the performers have to communicate these events through a combination of gestures, speech, song, music and dance. The students are being trained to improvise the sense of acting, gestures, expressions and emotions.
Further, the students are also taught basic acting exercises to strengthen their acting foundation. This training programme further aims to free students from self-consciousness and strengthen their concentration through sensory exercises. Students are given assignments to apply in their theatrical personality and performance.
Director Sindhu Dholpure told that about 27 children in the workshop We are coming with whom drama is being prepared on Veerangana Jhalkari Bai. This drama will also be performed on the concluding occasion of the workshop.