drama & theatre

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N.G.ACHARYA &D.K. MARATHE

COLLEGEDRAMA & THEATREWITH C ONTEX T TO

CULTURE

NA ME : S U D HI R K R I S HNA N

F A C U L T Y : S A C HI N S HI R OD E


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Drama

y Indian drama and theatre has a long historyalongside its music and dance.

y Kalidasa's plays like Shakuntala and Meghadoota

are some of the plays.y One of the oldest surviving theatre traditions of

the world is the 2,000 year old Kutiyattam ofKerala. It strictly follows the Natya Shastra.


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Yakshagana

y Yakshagana is a dance drama popular in coastaland Malenadu regions of Karnataka. It is believedto have evolved from pre-classical music and

theatre.y Yakshagana is gaining popularity in Bangalore

since a few years.

y Yakshas were an exotic tribe mentioned in theSanskrit literature of ancient India.


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Yakshagana


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Theatre

yThe tradition of folk theater ispopular in most linguistic regions

of India.yThere is a rich tradition of puppet

theater in rural India, going back tothe second century BC.


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Theatre in Cities

yGroup Theater is also thriving inthe cities, maintained by groups

like Nandikar, Ninasam and PrithviTheatre.

yMumbai, Delhi, Kolkata , Bangaloreand other metropolitan cities haveTheatre Groups


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TATA Theatre (Auditorium &Foyer)


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Play in action at Tata Theatre..


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y The NCPA in Mumbai was established with agrant of Rs 4 million from the Sir Dorabji TataTrust.

y Funds were later donated by the corporatesector.

y It is now built on a 8 acre reclaimed land atNariman Point where it is located today

y Initially the setup was at Bhulabhai Desai Roadand was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi on30th December 1969.


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y PRITHVI THEATRE is an intimate theatreauditorium, built in 1978, and dedicated tobeing a catalyst for theatre.Set in the heart of Mumbais suburbs, thetheatre with its open-air caf is a warm,inviting space, a relaxed hangout and a vital

breathing space in the bustling city ofMumbai .


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Famous Plays

y Get Rid Of My Wife[2010]

y Oh God (2006)

y Odd Couple (2006)

y ART (2007)

y Five point someone (2007)

y Run For Your Wife (2007)

y Adaab main Premchand hoon [2005]y Aur Agle Saal (2005)

y Quick death [2007]


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Natya Shastra

y The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise onthe performing arts, encompassing theatre, danceand music.

y The Natya Shastra is incredibly wide in its scope. Itdeals with stagecraft. It has influenced music,classical Indian dance, and also literature.

y It covers stage design, music, dance, makeup, and

virtually every other aspect of stagecraft.y It is very important to the history of Indian classical

music.


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Natya Shastra


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Enculturation

y Enculturation is the process by which a person learnsthe requirements of the culture by which he or she issurrounded and acquires values and behaviors that

are appropriate or necessary in that culturey Enculturation can be both conscious and

unconscious, therefore can support both socialistand hegemonic arguments

y Enculturation helps mold a person into anacceptable member of society


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Illustration

y Using different slangwith different clique inschool


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Acculturation

y Acculturation is the exchange of cultural featuresthat results when groups of individuals havingdifferent cultures come into continuous first handcontact; the original cultural patterns of either or

both groups may be altered, but the groups remaindistinct

y Acculturation comprehends those phenomena whichresult when groups of individuals having different

cultures come into continuous first-hand contact,with subsequent changes in the original culturepatterns of either or both groups


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Illustration

y Acculturation has been used by Matusevich as aterm describing the paradigm shift Public schoolsmust undergo in order to successfully integrateemerging technologies in a meaningful way intoclassrooms

y Acculturation began to be conceived as a strategicreaction to the minority to continuous contact withthe dominant group

y The steel harpoon used byAmerican and scotchwhalers is a slightly modified imitation of the Eskimoharpoon


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Material:

yAny Thing Physical or a Physical object

y Houses

y Churches

y Technology

y Dressing

y Transport

y FoodyAll things of daily usage


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Non Material

y Some thing that cannot be seen or touchedbut can be felt by heart, More ofPsychological & Sociological examples

y Languagey Religion

y Behavior

y Habits

y Internal feelings

y Relationships


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