Theatre and Drama Workshop

“The quickest way to acquire self-confidence is to do exactly what you are afraid to do.”    

 
Under the guidance of the Hon'ble Director of Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Chandigarh, Mr SambhrantSharma , a theatre and drama workshop was organised for the teachers from 29th May 2023 to 31st May 2023. The workshop was led by a talented genius, Mr Faheem, who have taught, worked in and practised Theatre from almost ten years. His mere presence filled the main hall full of teachers with enthusiasm and curiosity. On the first day of the workshop, unknown to everyone, the genius inspired all the teachers to just perform random acts, beginning from walking slowly followed by presentation of an advertisement by the teachers on the given product. The teachers took time and enjoyed while performing the ads together.
On the second day of the workshop, quirky exercises were given to the teacher, which they performed by pairing up. In one such exercise, only the letters ‘क’, ‘ख’, ‘ग’ and ‘घ’ were used to project the emotions of the whole conversation and in another exercise, only one word such ‘अच्छा’ or ‘नहीं’ were used to present various emotions individually. Acts were performed by various groups of teachers with different melodies and sentiments.

On the third day, the teachers were shown a play to portray the use of rules on stage and usage of various movements in theatre while performing. They were given topics of skits to perform in a comic manner. Every group performed incredibly which was appreciated by the School Administrator, Mr Pallav Vikrant andthe Headmistress, Ms Gitika Kapoor. Everyone appreciated the genius of Mr Faheem and his efforts which he put into the workshop. The workshop proved to be a valuable experience, empowering educators with the knowledge, skills and incorporate drama-based teaching methods into their classrooms.