Theatre-In-Education

"Knowledge is accumulation of the past. Learning is always in the present." 

Learning Through Theatre: Atelier's "Theatre-In-Education" 

The necessity of interactive paradigms vis-à-vis education system in India has been pointed out by many eminent scholars, teachers and educationists in the last three decades. Though, the emphasis on the appropriate model and the process of teachers training had remained the major concerns in most of the debates but diminutive consideration of the model and the training process is been discussed, employed and written about. Creative, as a term has become trite and Interactive is only a terminology used for normative teaching practices, contradicting its own meaning per se. 

Within this perspective, Atelier Theatre endeavours to nourish Theatre-In-Education (TIE) as a movement and a theatrical method, which formulates the most noteworthy development in contemporary theatre with worksessions for educators and students along with organising a children's theatre festival, BACHPAN. In a short period of time, TIE has animated and enthused and at times, unnerved actors and teachers alike thereby provided a methodology for Creative Teaching and Creative Learning by creating a bridge between Theatre and Education. In harnessing the technique and imaginative potential of theatre, TIE can provide an intensely absorbing and challenging experience and a stimulus for further work on a chosen subject, be it local history, racism, health or language learning.

With this understanding, Atellier focusses on experience and theatre aids it, through the process of playmaking and performance enhancing games and exercises. Needless to say, the purpose is not to create actors but enable teacher-performers to engage deeply and profoundly by being in the moment: open, receptive and empathetic. 

We are also offering theatre programmes for school students to learn through experiences embedded in the text and generate the sense of social reality for themselves. No preaching!!!

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