Applications open for The Drama School, Mumbai's One-Year Certificate Course in Acting and Theatre Making...
April 1, 2014 2:41:12 PM IST MTG editorial
The Drama School Mumbai (DSM) is now in its second year. It will run an evolved version of its inaugural course, the One-Year Certificate Course in Acting and Theatre Making (OYCC), under the guidance of its principal faculty/advisers:
Jehan Manekshaw(MFA in Theatre Direction, University of London)
Geetanjali Kulkarni(Acting Graduate from the National School of Drama)
Yuki Ellias(Training from Ecole Jacques Lecoq, and pedagogical training from LISPA)
Deshik Vansadia(MA from the Stella Adler Acting Institute)
Mahesh Dattani(Eminent Playwright and Director, Sahitya Akademi Award Winner)
Last year, 16 students underwent 26 weeks of training and rehearsal and two brand new productions were put up by the school, which are still running. The DSM in the next five years aspires to become a globally recognised institution for training in all aspects of the Dramatic Arts. It will offer:
A two-year post graduate diploma in Theatre Making
With a third-year specialisation in Direction, Design, Script-writing, Dramaturgy, and/or Producing
Having an internationally-recognised accreditation
Attracting faculty and students from across the world
The OYCC Course Structure for 2014-15
6 Months of Training:
Condition and strengthen the body and voice daily.
Learn and apply the fundamentals of acting in movement and speech.
Engage with different styles of theatre across the six months.
Regularly create small pieces of theatre for public showing and sharing.
1 ½ Months of working under a professional theatre director:
Students will rehearse a new production under professional conditions.
They will work on a classic text to devise and create a new adaptation for a new audience.
They will also take on a backstage/production responsibility area as part of their training.
2 Months of extensive touring to multiple venues and cities
They will learn from performing in front of different audiences, in different spaces.
They will learn what it is to tour a full-fledged production.
They will develop a self-reflection feedback practice.
2 Months of internships and independent research, study and creation work
Students will intern with theatre groups from across the city (and outside as well),
They will work with each other to create new pieces of theatre, independently, and present their self-directed, performed, designed pieces at the end of the year.
Application Criteria The minimum criteria for application is that you should be an individual with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent work/life experience, and that you should be able to demonstrate an active interest in making a career in the field of performing arts.
Information Sessions:
Mumbai: 1st April | 5pm to 8pm| Haute Haveli, Andheri (West), Mumbai 5th April | 5pm to 8pm | Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh, Girguam, Mumbai
Bangalore: 9th April | 5pm to 8pm | Atta Galatta, Koramangala, Bangalore 95
Delhi: 10th April: Kirori Mal College | Time to be confirmed 11th April: South Campus, Delhi University | Venue to be confirmed
Pune: 12th April | Venue to be confirmed
Application Deadline: 30th April Admission Results: 1st June Course Commences: 30th June
The DSM is located at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh in Girgaum - famous in the 1950s for being the foundry of Marathi theatre practice, and for many years having its own training institute. Under the kind patronage of Dr. Bal Bhalerao, the DSM has been given a home in a theatre which gives its students a chance to train in a real theatre environment in the heart of the city.
The DSM's Background:
The DSM has been started by Theatre Professionals, a theatre training, education, and professional capacity-building organisation head quartered in Mumbai.
Last year's faculty included: Geetanjali Kulkarni (NSD), Padma Damodaran (MA, East 15 Acting School), Yuki Ellias (London International School of Performing Arts, London; École Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq, Paris), Deepal Doshi (MFA, Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre, LA), Deshik Vansadia (Shakespeare and Co., Stella Adler Acting), as well as highly accomplished Theatre Directors Sankar Venkateswaran (Artistic Director, Theatre Roots and Wings; Theatre Training Research and Practice Institute, Singapore), Daniel Goldman (Artistic Director, Tangram Theatre Company & CASA Festival of Latin American Theatre in London; Andamio 90 School of Dramatic Arts, Buenos Aires; Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Paris), Benjamin Samuels (LISPA, Brown University) among many other faculty members at the DSM.
Each of the faculty members have been trained in or have engaged with some of the best drama schools in the world, therefore lending an unrivalled credibility to DSM even before it has started.
About Theatre Professionals:
Founded in 2008 by Jehan Sam Manekshaw and Tasneem Fatehi, Theatre Professionals is the company behind The Drama School, Mumbai, and has had extensive experience in creating workshops for actors hungry for new knowledge here in the city. Their workshops have been attended by Kalki Koechlin (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani), Gulshan Deviah (Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela ), Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti), Swara Bhaskar (Raanjhanaa), Richa Chadda (Gangs of Wasseypur), Huma Qureshi (Gangs of Wasseypur) and many more, all of whom have launched successful careers in film, television, theatre and many of whom have continued their training both at institutions in India and abroad.
The Drama School Mumbai (DSM) is now in its second year. It will run an evolved version of its inaugural course, the One-Year Certificate Course in Acting and Theatre Making (OYCC), under the guidance of its principal faculty/advisers:
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