India Theatre Programme by The Drama School, Mumbai

Location
 Adishakti campus in Pondicherry, India
Duration 
Residency Dates – 02 July 2016 to 31 July 2016
Background
The India Theatre Programme is aimed at theatre practitioners from across the world who are interested in expanding the range of methodologies that inform their practice, and at actors and students of theatre who are keen to work across cultural boundaries to explore other systems of performance. The forms that will be taught are supported by learnings from ancient dramaturgical texts such as the Natyashastra, in a format that is accessible to contemporary practitioners. In order to help study dramatically different ways of telling a story, the same excerpts and episodes from ancient Indian epics especially the Mahabharata, will be explored.

The India Theatre Programme has been brought to you by The Drama School, Mumbai, an initiative of Theatre Professionals. Over the last six years, Theatre Professionals has evolved a pedagogy based on the understanding that all forms of theatre have the same principles at their core. Principles that can be distilled into a unity of body, voice, and imagination, and that is eventually manifested through breath – the life force of all living beings. Thus, they have evolved a framework of collaborative pedagogy between master practitioners from diverse backgrounds, that is now the hallmark of our training.
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The India Theatre Programme was the next step in this evolution: to bring together different Indian theatre forms, identify the principles of good theatre-­making that are common to them, and to make them accessible to practitioners today.
Course Structure
It is a unique month-­long training and creation programme that is residential so as to give participants equal time to train, to absorb the learnings, and to put the training into practice by making their own contemporary theatre pieces. The first three weeks of the programme will be dedicated to learning the various forms, and the final week to creating contemporary pieces based on these learnings.
Prerequisites
The India Theatre Programme is aimed at drama school students, performers, performance-makers; with a minimum of 2-3 years of training or experience in theatre and/or performance.
To Apply
1. Please complete the ITP – Application Form
2. Prepare a short solo piece with the following criteria in mind and share it with us:
  • 60s-90s long
  • comprising movement & text
  • with a beginning, middle and end
  • entailing a moment of true transformation in the character or the situation
This video  can be shared as a link in the email body, as an attachment, or via WeTransfer
3. Send the completed form and video to [email protected].
  • Subject Line: ITP Application (Your Name)
  • Also include your CV
  • A photo
  • 2 letters of reference
​Maximum number of participants: 24
Fees
The fee for this course is Rs 250,000, or approximately USD 3800/€ 3500. This includes:
  • Course fees – teaching, field trips, materials, performances, lectures and talks
  • Residential Costs – accommodation and meals for the duration of the course*
Applicants who receive a letter of admission will be required to confirm their seats by paying an advance of Rs. 50,000 (USD 750/€ 690) by 01 May 2016. Participants are required to fulfil the remainder of their fee commitments before 15 June 2016**.
*Costs do not cover travel, incidentals, or any ancillary personal expenses that are not mentioned above.
**Please note that payment will need to be made in Indian rupees, and hence changes in Forex rates will need to be accounted for.

Their ITP team will be happy to advise and guide those seeking funding.
Application Deadline
Applications are now closed
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