Balendra Singh, an eminent city playwright says “Stage performances don't have any re-takes”.
He was addressing participants in a theatre workshop. He said that once done on stage the act will remain with the audience forever and that is why each act should be perfect.
Youngsters aspiring to learn acting and other forms of the theatre art have participated in the workshop.
The workshop being organised by Maahi Theatre Troupe at Patrakar Bhavan.
During the 50 day workshop, the students are being trained through various styles to improvise their stage performance and personality.
The workshop also includes theory, practical and application in acting skills, music and dance.
Notably, 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 combination of gestures, speech, song, music and dance.
There are different elements which play a vital role in theatre world on of which is stage craft, he added. Stage craft is very important as half of the act becomes understood through the kind of set is being put up.
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.
The participants are learning various forms of theatre performances and they would stage it before the Bhopalites on the concluding day of the workshop.