Kalakar Theatre, Bhubaneswar
“Kalakar Theatre” is an organization that was conceptualized by combining these two aspects of human life to arouse human cum social consciousness to fight pervading evils in the society through theatrical medium with a philosophical belief ' live together, plan together and work together.' The beginning was humble and modest. All that Kalakar Theatre had at this stage was a temporary space to rehearse, then a small rented house in Bhubaneswar. Young and energetic artists with creative minds and indomitable voluntary spirit were the only principal assets. They thought to lead community life in a simplest way. However, this commune grew slowly in the beginning which could out-grow the size of the establishment. Hara (Founder Director, Kalakar Theatre) being a visionary, visualized that each member of Kalakar Theatre may marry one day and raise a family within this bigger family. In such a scenario the available space will be insufficient to hold all of them under one roof. Eventually, the rented building was found too small to accommodate complex households of such players. 14th February 2022 the group of general students under the leadership and guidance of Hara Prasad Pattnaik and Rajesh Kumar Panda,legally established as a Non-profit making, socially committed voluntary organization by registering the name "Kalakar Theatre". In the field of theatre art, there were debates going on and serious efforts made to come out of the influences of British theatre form (known as proscenium style of theatre) in the file of Modern Indian Theatre. A lot of thoughts and applications have been attempted taking inspiration from Traditional/Folk Indian Theatre and from the Natya Shastra (the only complete theatre theory book written in 3rd Century BC to guide the Classical Indian Theatre). One can observe the real Indian theatre practices which exist on a large scale in the villages by continuing several indigenous forms of theatre. On the other hand the social changing initiatives were addressing influences of the modern choices of life following the city culture in different sectors like - food, clothes, housing, education etc. which includes the form of cultural expression being a victim by movies and television. So Kalakar Theatre came up with a mission to connect the artistic struggle developing a Modern Indian Theatre style with social movement for changing peoples’ mind and choices of life, through demonstrating alternative cultural life and performances. Theatre was a major instrument to experiment with such as: Theatre for Awareness (for performers as well as the audiences); Revival of Puppetry with modern theme; Theatre in Education, Women's empowerment through theatre, Theatre as a personality building exercises being always with a peoples oriented movement.
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