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The history of the origin of theatre in India is highly controversial. Early dating. According to some scholars, Indian theatre emerged in the 15th century BC. Vedic text such as Rigveda provides evidence of drama plays being enacted during Yagya ceremonies. The dialogues mentioned in the texts range from one person monologues to three person ...
Forum theatre is a type of theatre created by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal.It is one of the techniques under the umbrella term of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO). ). This relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with the performance as both spectators and actors, termed "spect-actors", with the power to stop and change the perform
Bharatendu Academy of Dramatic Arts or Bharatendu Natya Akademi is a theatre training institute in Lucknow, India. It is named after Bharatendu Harishchandra, father of Hindi theatre. It offers a two-year full-time diploma course in theatre training. It is an autonomous organisation [1] [2] under the Ministry of Culture, Government of Uttar ...
National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an independent school in 1975. [1] In 2005, it was granted deemed university status, but in 2011 it was ...
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture , Government of India.
The shadow theatre dance drama theatre are usually performed on platform stages attached to Hindu temples, and in some regions these are called Koothu Madams or Koothambalams. [13] In many regions, the puppet drama play is performed by itinerant artist families on temporary stages during major temple festivals. [14]
Indian classical drama is regarded as the highest achievement of Sanskrit literature. [ 3 ] The Buddhist playwright, poet and philosopher Asvaghosa , who composed the Buddhacarita , is considered to have been one of the first Sanskrit dramatists along with Bhāsa , who likely lived in the 2nd century BCE, and is famous for writing two of the ...
Sheila Bhatia (1916-2008) was an Indian poet, playwright, [1] theatre personality [2] [3] and the founder of the Delhi Art Theatre, a forum based in Delhi for the promotion of Indian art forms. [4] She is credited with originating Punjabi opera, an Indian form of dance drama incorporating operatic movements.