Performing Arts & Allied Subjects

Performing Arts & Allied Subjects
This course 'Performing Arts & Allied Subjects' is designed to fully engage students in the study and participation of Multiple Branches of Performing arts. Students will also be introduced to history, craft of acting through the performance of improvisation, monologues, scenes and fundamental elements of Music and Dance. The fundamental elements of staging a Play (Set Design, Lighting & Sound, Costume, Make-up & Role of the Director /Producer) will be addressed. Students will explore understanding of the History of Theatre, Dance Forms & Music.
The course will be 3 credits and be cover in 8 weeks.
Course Objectives
1. Apply different approaches in making teaching learning process effective and interesting.
2. To give a base in Dance, Music and Theatre and composite sense of Art.
3. To enable recognition and growth opportunities in field of Dance/Music/Theatre


1. Introduction to Indian classical Dance Forms2. Styles of Bharathanatyam3. Fundamental Technical Terms4. Fundamental Technical Terms –Part 25. Understanding the dynamics of Dance Movements6. Understanding the dynamics of Dance Movements –Part 27. Definition – 4 Kinds of Abhinayas8. Two kinds of Dharmis9. Introduction to Music,Description of Rasa and Bhava10.Technical terms.....11.Description about Saptha Taalas12.Brief knowledge about few Ragas13.Hindustani Karnataka Ragas14.Understanding the dynamics of music15.Raga classification in Indian Music16.Melody - Hindustani, Carnatic17.Origin and development of Indian Theatre18.Brief Introduction to Major Indian Folk Theatre Forms19.Regional Theatre20.Dynamics of Theatre21.Dynamics of Theatre-222.Theatre design23.Theatre design24.Types and forms of Theatre25.Analysing Indian Plays26.Proscenium Theatre27.Creating a framework and script28.Designing and stage management29.Budgeting and Marketing30.Evolution of Indian theatre31.Introduction to Aesthetics and Cultural Significance32.Breathing and voice exercises, Knowing fellow actors, Team work and co-operation, Exaggerating and Limiting body expressions, Developing alertness and awareness of floor space33.Rituals of Playback theatre, Acting in different stages of life,Real life stories, Creative visualisation34.Creative visualisation35.Applied theatre-Mime,Puppetry,Clown,Mask36.Modern Theatre Concepts to Music,Description of Rasa and Bhava