W15 Patnaik

In Indian concept Theatre has been perceived as a social education
method since inception. It carry a Dramatic Conflict between two
forces and the ideal force used to win at the end. This educates the
beneficiery audiences to reflect own lives and improve it. Natya
Chetana (Theatre For Awareness), an organisation, interprets
Awareness as the foundation of Education. The certificfate
targetted curriculm, was introuduced in India through British,
before 250-300 years. But India had its educational system mostly
interactive and learning from experiences. The theory book of
Theatre – Natya Shastra was written in 5th Century BC, where this
educational role of theatre was well articulated as the sole
objective. Natya Chetana is established in 1986 to learn from the
people, adopt their cultural expression as well as content involved
to their lives to create a drama and apply the theatre production
for the people. Here the ‘people’ means the “mass”, not a “class”
.
The workshop will have example of few exercises with a
powerpoint presentation to share the whole concept.