Bachpan – Atelier’s Children Theatre Festival 2013

 

(Non-Competitive Theatre Festival for Children)

CONCEPT NOTE

“Knowledge is accumulation of the past: Learning is always in the present” 

Atelier is a Workshop of Communication Enthusiasts which has been in the forefront of devising Creative Educational Programmes and socially relevant plays. 
At Atelier, we have devised and designed workshops on Creative Teaching and Creative Learning, incorporating Drama and Theatre-in-Education techniques. The workshops have been an eye opener for more than a thousand teachers and few thousand students from about 900 schools in India. 
Atelier is also devising Interactive Short Plays for teachers and students which enquire into various subjects like Learning, Creativity, Self knowledge and Communication. Integrating education and theatre, Atelier is eyeing for those who can actually make the difference and we intend to channelize the energies in schools with BACHPAN.

Learning Through Theatre: Theatre-In-Education (TIE)

The necessity of interactive paradigms vis-à-vis education system in India has been pointed out by many eminent scholars, teachers and educationists in the last two decades. Though, the emphasis on the appropriate model and the process of teachers training had remained the major concerns in most of the debates but diminutive consideration of the model and the training process is been discussed, employed and written about. Creative, as a term has become trite and Interactive is only a terminology used for normative teaching practices, contradicting its own meaning per se.

Within this perspective, this panel would endeavour to look at the history and practice of Theatre-In-Education (TIE) as a movement and a theatrical method, which formulates the most noteworthy development in contemporary theatre. In a short period of time, TIE has animated and enthused and at times, unnerved actors and teachers alike thereby provided a methodology for Creative Teaching and Creative Learning by creating a bridge between Theatre and Education. In harnessing the technique and imaginative potential of theatre, TIE can provide an intensely absorbing and challenging experience and a stimulus for further work on a chosen subject, be it local history, racism, health or language learning.

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SCHEDULE
Call For Entries: February 1, 2013 (Friday)

Last date to receive entries: March 10, 2013 (Sunday)

Line Reading Sessions: March 20, 2013 onwards

Announcement of Finalists for Zonal Rounds: March 30, 2013

Zonal Rounds: April 8 - 18, 2013 - Grand Finale (Kamani Auditorium): April 21, 2013 (Sunday)