Various summer courses are running at Jawahar Bal Bhawan for the students to enhance their hobbies. The different courses began here from May 10 that would continue till May 30.
At Jawahar Bal Bhawan, children are being trained in dancing, painting ice-cream making, classical music, pottery and sculptures. Many children are trained in dance including classical, semi-classical and Bollywood moves and grooves.
While talking to The Pioneer, dance instructor Sanghmitra Bankar said, “There is no particular form of dance children learn. I make them learn the steps they are interested in. like, every child loves to have fun and dance, but they have choices in it too. So, I have divided batches for classical, semi-classical and bollywood songs.”
She also said that dance is a way to keep the body active. The main motive of this summer dance workshop is enhance different dance forms among children as well as the face and body expressions.
Further, eminent artist of the city Raj Saini would train children in different forms of paintings. While explaining about the painting workshop, Saini said, “I and my assistant Manisha first teach children the basic of drawing and sketching, later they are taught other forms like modern, abstract and even traditional form of art. He further said, “The lok Kala of any country describes its cultures on a vast scale. The spectator could understand clearly the message, paintings are trying to portray through colours and scenes.”
The students would learn tribal painting forms like Madhubani (Tribal form from Rajasthan), Gond (Madhya Pradesh) and Warli (Maharashtra and Gujarat).
Saini said that these paintings are basically based on the Vastu and traditions of its area and focuses on the rituals and happiness of people. It shows the human activities from dawn till dusk. The children of the city are enjoying various summer camps in their vacations. Further, summer camps around the city are evoking a huge response by the tiny tots.