 Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: Natrang's Summer Theatre Camp- 2022, the most sought event for children in the region inaugurated here today at Natrang studio Theatre, Jammu with the lighting of traditional lamp by Sumeet Sharma, senior artist of Natrang and Gauri Thakur, workshop coordinator. Natrang's Children Theatre Wing was started in the year 1990 and since then, annual Summer Theatre camps, Spring Theatre workshops, Winter Theatre Workshops have been a regular feature of Natrang's children activities. The period of Summer Vacations is exclusively dedicated for Children Theatre every year by Natrang as this is the only time when children have many days in continuity to learn, explore and groom their personalities and improve their immense inner abilities in a fun-filled creative space and occasion. Till now, Natrang has groomed the personalities of thousands of children with an effective and efficient transforming tool called theatre.
A new full-length play would also be prepared by the participants during Natrang's Theatre Camp-2022 which would be presented before a larger audience who get a chance to watch a wonderful children's play every year as the outcome of the summer theatre camp. The training module is designed by Padmashree Balwant Thakur, who has taken the children theatre of Jammu to the entire length and breadth of the Country. His children theatre productions like 'Mere Hisse Ki Dhoop Kahan Hai', 'Aap Hamare Hain Kaun', 'Hum Hain Na', 'Udaan' etc. are considered to be the landmark children productions of India. Special training focus of the workshop will be on developing communication skills, public speaking and imbibing of confidence through latest developed techniques of theatre. The skill developing techniques, devised by Sumeet Sharma (Recipient of SNA's National Award for Theatre Direction) during his consistent and meaningful work with children for over 19 years also prove very successful in imparting the benefits of theatre to the children. The workshop module is consistently developed and upgraded by the innovative inputs by Anil Tickoo, Neeraj Kant & Aarushi Thakur Rana, senior functionaries of Natrang. The children would get training under the supervision of Neeraj Kant, Gauri Thakur and visiting trainers of allied arts. The team involved in the workshop includes Bhawana, Mohd. Yaseen, Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Arti Devi and Kananpreet Kaur.
Those who are attending this workshop include Anandita Dutt, Aariya Zia Sharma, Hargun Kour, Ragya Gupta, Raghav Sharma, Shambavi Sharma, Saanchi Dutta, Durjesh Dutta, Karan Sahib Singh, Abhiraj Suryavanshi, Shristi Kapoor, Daivik Gupta, Malhaar Sharma, Vihaan Pandotra, Daivangi Sharma, Gaurangi Sharma, Prisha Gupta, Priyal Gupta, Abhiuday Gupta, Riaan Gupta, Aarna Kaur, Kushan Baliya, Droan Dushyant Kohli,Advita, Pragya Wadhera, Raaga Sharma, Pulkit Jayee and Naira. |
