MP set to get drama school

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s pet project to have a state-run drama school on the lines of National School of Drama (NSD) to promote folk theatre and others arts of central India has finally taken shape. HT reports.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s pet project to have a state-run drama school on the lines of National School of Drama (NSD) to promote folk theatre and others arts of central India has finally taken shape.

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The project, which took over two years, will be inaugurated by senior BJP leader L K Advani in Bhopal on June 17 and will be the first state government-run school exclusive to promote theatre as a vocation.

Conceived by Vani Tripathi, a theatre personality, the Madhya Pradesh Drama School will offer one, two and three year courses. A batch of 25 students have been selected for the first course starting in July.Apart from courses in Indian classical theatre, modern Indian theatre and Western drama, the school will specialise in folk drama of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, tribal dance and folk story tellers.

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“The focus of the school will be preserve, protect and restore the dying arts of Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand, Malwa and Nimaad and as well as cover modern areas like film and television,” Tripathi said.