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One of the pioneers of experimental theatre in contemporary India, Veenapani Chawla has long been engaged in creating a unique form of performance methodology. A self-taught artist, she has evolved a new language of theatrical practice that fuses traditional and modern aspects of life and theatre.
Tracing Veenapani Chawla`s journey from her schooldays, where she was encouraged to move beyond academics and develop an interest in music and dramatics, to her early plays in Mumbai, this volume goes on to explore her deepening relationship with theatre culminating in the founding of Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts and Research in Puducherry.
Veenapani Chawla`s belief in plurality has helped her move beyond earlier notions of what theatre should be and demonstrate what theatre could be. Capturing the multidimensional aspects of her work, this book brings together a wide range of writings”essays, reviews, interviews, and performance texts, as well as papers by the artist herself. Accompanied by a DVD of her most complex play till date, The Hare and the Tortoise, this work offers insights into the artist`s creative process and her oeuvre.
Keval Arora is Associate Professor in English at his alma mater Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.
Himanshu Burte is an architect and theorist teaching at the School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai.
Veenapani Chawla established Adishakti in 1981. She has scripted and directed most of its performances.
Geeta Doctor is a well-known Chennai-based critic and writer.
Devina Dutt is a Mumbai-based writer and covers the arts.
Joy Brooke Fairfield is a PhD student in Theatre and Performance Studies at Stanford University with prior degrees from Harvard and New York universities.
Leela Gandhi is Professor of English at the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Chicago.
Shanta Gokhale, a well-known bilingual writer, translator, journalist, and theatre critic, was formerly associated with The Times of India (Mumbai) as the Arts Editor.
Sarah Joseph is a novelist and short story writer in Malayalam.
Ram Ganesh Kamatham is a writer-director who has created works for stage, film, radio, comics, and video games.
M.D. Muthukumaraswamy is the Director of the National Folklore Support Centre, a non-governmental, non-profit organization in Chennai dedicated to the promotion of Indian folklore research, education, training, networking, and publications.
Smriti Nevatia has worked as a film and theatre critic, and as researcher, writer, and co-director on many television shows
and independent documentaries.
Alaknanda Samarth is an actress and teacher.
Anmol Vellani has led the India Foundation for the Arts, an independent philanthropic organization, from 1995 to 2013.
Leela Venkataraman is a Delhi-based dance critic who began reviewing dance first for the National Herald and then for The Patriot.
Theatre enthusiasts, students and scholars of theatre studies and performing arts, and general readers.
ISBN 9780198097037
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Pages : 352
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