Performing Arts

The Performing Arts track of The Goa Project 2016

Performing arts are art forms in which artists use their voices and/or the movements of their bodies, often in relation to other objects, to convey artistic expression. Performing arts include a variety of disciplines including Martial Arts, Theater, Dance, Music and Poetry.

Looking at all the new formats of theatre, dance and music coming out, there’s a mind shift in the Indian as to what he consumes in terms of the performance arts. In theatre, interactive theatre and immersive theatre are breaking new grounds. In dance, you have new paradigms and further evolution of dance in to dance and voice shows. In music, EDM has made huge inroads and people are flocking to the Sunburns and the NH7s (which also includes EDM). What are these new forms, styles, audiences? Where are they taking place? What happens to traditional forms?

We are looking for topics ranging from evolution of the arts, discussions around the arts & their growth in our country, use of theatre for training, the power of performing arts, new forms of theatre, slam poetry, your experience with arts entrepreneurships – what works & what doesn’t, how martial arts helps achieve balance & inner peace (Yes, that’s a Kung Fu Panda reference) and everything else to do with the mentioned 5 disciplines.

If you consider yourself well versed in such topics, or know someone who is, and think you have some thoughts & insights to share on these, please go ahead and propose a session that you want to moderate.

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Vijay Marur

@vjmarur

Performing for Free

Submitted Jan 7, 2016

Performing Arts, whether Music or Drama or even Dance are dying because of a lack of platforms. And this is happening because the Arts have been monetised and the lack of spontaneous financial support means lesser and lesser performances. Remove the financial angle and the arts will have no shortage of platforms. If we can form a community of performers who are committed to perform without monetary expectations, we can make the country more vibrant and more cultural.

Outline

Is it perhaps the Event Manager and the huge margins of profit he expects that has made many a performing art a near extinct option? If we can identify platforms that expect less and give more, we can create a fabric where artists travel around the country with their performances. And get exposure, get experience and get noticed.

Is there scope for increasing the opportunities for Performing Arts by unlocking the potential of the free show?

Requirements

Participants can either be performers themselves or people who love performing arts and regret the shortage of performances around the country.

Speaker bio

I am a Communications Professional, an actor, a writer, a music lover and a provider of platforms looking to take my experience forward and thereby reach out to cross cultural audiences. I have used my communication skills and my performances to create a significant if not substantial audience. The Little Theatre Hyderabad is recognised as the simple most facility that brings literature close to audiences literally for free. The Gallery Cafe is a new Coffee Shop initiative that tailors its ambience to provide an environment conducive to art, music and theatrical performances. I have, as they say, Proof of Concept. And would love to engage with like minded thinkers who want arts and performances...at no cost...not at any cost.

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#The Goa Project Funnel The Goa Project is an unconference - where unlike a typical conference, the talks are not put together by a panel or knowledge partner - but is proposed by the attendees themselves. You propose a session or talk that might be of interest to the audience at the unconference, … more