[Reader-list] FWD: A workshop for aspiring Dastangos

[Iram Ghufran]

Dastak Announces

A workshop for aspiring Dastangos

At the Attic, Regal Building, Parliament street,
Connaught Place, New Delhi
On 4th, 5th and 6th of June.
 From 10am-5pm.

Mahmood Farooqui’s attempts at reviving this lost art of Urdu story 
telling have completed five years this month. He is now looking to 
invite more people to take the story forward.

Only those interested in pursuing the art of Dastangoi and those who
have a working knowledge of Urdu and of Theatre should attend.

Please write a mail to mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com and state your 
background and reasons for attending the workshop in order to register. 
Please also visit the blog www.dastangoi.blogspot.com to learn more 
about this lost Art of Urdu Storytelling and its revival.

The workshop would culminate in a performance "The Tale of Mehtab Jadu
and Amar Aiyyar" by two trainee Dastangos Aarti Jain and Manu Sikander 
Dhingra at 7pm on 6th June.

A Note on the Workshop:

The workshop is NOT going to conduct general theatre exercises of
voice, improvisation and movement. It is going to concentrate on the
history and nature of the form and how best to perform the traditional
stories in today's context. Participants are expected to devote
themselves to learning and performing the stories which are currently
in the repertoire of the Dastangoi performances. The workshop will be
conducted free of cost to the participants.

The workshop is supported by the INDIA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, BANGALORE.