Jana Sanskriti, forum theatre and democracy in India / Sanjoy Ganguly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganguly, Sanjoy, author.

Contributor:

Yarrow, Ralph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jana Sanskriti Centre for Theatre of the Oppressed (Calcutta, India).

Theater--Political aspects--India--West Bengal.

Theater.

Theater and society--India--West Bengal.

Theater and society.

Community development--India--West Bengal.

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jana Sanskriti Centre for the Theatre of the Oppressed, based in West Bengal, is probably the largest and longest lasting Forum Theatre operation in the world. It was considered by Augusto Boal to be the chief exponent of his methodology outside of its native Brazil.This book is a unique first-hand account - by the group's artistic director Sanjoy Ganguly - of Jana Sanskriti's growth and development since its founding in 1985, which has resulted in a national Forum Theatre network throughout India. Ganguly describes the plays, people and places that have formed this unique operation

Contents:

Celebrating the rehearsal of revolution : a historical profile of Jana Sanskriti Centre for the Theatre of the Oppressed

Boal's theatre : the recognition of resource

Boal : poetics as politics

Theatre as rehearsal of future political action

Beyond West Bengal : other Indian scenarios

Beyond India : workshop diary

The politics of collective thinking : scripting power

Aesthetics and ethics : shaping collective practice

Reflections and prospectives.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-97863-1

1-136-97864-X

1-282-58703-X

9786612587030

0-203-85272-9

9780203852729

OCLC:

630537888