In a bid to improve extracurricular activities and to provide a platform to student to explore their talent, the Delhi Government on Wednesday announced street performance fellowships for 1,000 young artistes.
The fellowship to thousands of students will be awarded by Delhi Governments Art, Culture and Languages Department, under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
"To encourage, promote and mentor young talents, a street theatre or performing arts fellowship has been initiated by the Delhi Government. Street performers are a very important part of our cultural fraternity but they have not been recognized by the governments earlier. We want to empower, encourage and strengthen the street performing art, therefore, this initiative is being taken. Street theatre or Nukkad Natak always gives a strong social message in the form of performance hence we believe that this will help in bringing social change, "Sisodia.
The applications for the fellowship will start from Thursday and will continue till September 15, 2019. Applications are invited from individuals working in the field of acting, direction, script-writing, dance, music and other forms of street performances, said the officials.
The officials further added that, the art and culture department will divide the 1000 fellows into 100 groups and each group will have a maximum of 10 artists. Each of these 100 groups will be performing at least 4 times a month.
Besides, an individual fellow will be provided with Rs 5,000 per month and an additional Rs 4,000 will be provided for the group leaders of the individual groups for the logistical arrangement per show. The performances will take place across the National Capital.
The age of the applicants should be between 18 to 40 years and the individuals will be selected based on interview. The interested candidates can apply here and read the details here: https://delhi.gov.in/streetperformancefellowship/ Delhi Govt announces Street Performance Fellowship for 1000 artists.