First steps in many ways: Theatre for Toddlers in Bangalore

For the first step of the partnership, Schnawwl brought 2 plays to Ranga Shankara's AHA festival, introducing theatre for the age brackets of 18 months plus (The great Lalula ) and 4-6- years olds  (The Garbage Mouse) to the Bangalore audience.


The Great Lalula

The Garbage Mouse


Alongside the shows, a workshop on "Doing Theatre with and for Toddlers" is currently being held at Ranga Shankara. Marcella Herrera, theatre pedagogue and director of  "The great Lalula" and Anne Gorath, theatre pedagogue, are conducting this intensive 10-day workshop for 16 Indian theatre pedagogues, theatre teachers and actors from Bangalore, Kolkata, Bombay and Pune. We are hoping and are positive, that the workshop will enable the participants to create the first shows for toddlers in India.

Furthermore, a symposium on theatre pedagogy was held in the Goethe-Institut Bangalore yesterday, where Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider talked on his new brand new book "Theatre for Early Years. Research in Performing Arts for Children from Birth to 3".
Also the collective effort of all participants of the workshop and symposium was made to finally establish a vibrant and lively Assitej India - and by doing that connecting the Indian theatre parctitioners with the world wide network for theatre for children and young people: Assitej International.

http://www.assitej-international.org

For another overview of all these activities check out:

http://www.german-info.com