All kinds of theatre forms are being taught to the students to get acquainted with theatre art in a month long theatre workshop at Shuruat Hall, Professor’s Colony. Students aspiring to learn acting and other forms of the theatre art have participated in the workshop.
The workshop is being organised by noted theatre group of the city Sambhavana Theatre Group, with the support of Directorate of Culture Madhya Pradesh and National School of Drama (NSD). The workshop began from September 25 and would conclude on October 30.
Notably, the workshop was divided into two sessions. The first session began from September 25 and would conclude on October 20. The second session would begin from Wednesday and would conclude on October 30.
The first session included theory, practical and application in acting skills. Notably, the 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 the world of theatre 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 students are learning various forms of theatre performances and they would stage it before the Bhopalites on the concluding day of the workshop.