IITGN organises theatre and performing arts festival

More than 30 artistes from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds from India and abroad are performing and conducting workshops/interactive dialogues during the festival at IITGN.  

The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is organising ‘Theatre and Performing Arts Festival’ (TaPAF), a month-long multi-day event, in February. The aim is to showcase the talents of both student and professional artistes in the fields of theatre, dance, and music. 

Organised by the Art@IITGN initiative of the institute, the festival features a diverse range of performances, including plays, musicals, dance productions, and other forms of live entertainment. In addition to the performances, the festival also includes workshops, artist interactions, and other educational opportunities for aspiring performers and theatre enthusiasts. These activities are being conducted by professional artistes and focus on a variety of topics, such as acting, singing, dance, and stagecraft. 

More than 30 artistes from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds from India and abroad are performing and conducting workshops/interactive dialogues during the festival at IITGN.  

The event is open to the general public and will serve as an opportunity for the community to engage with the artistes. The festival schedule can be seen on the following web link, https://art.iitgn.ac.in/tpafestival.html. 

“The festival at IIT Gandhinagar served as a great place and time for me to be able to freely develop a performance work that has been in my mind for a long time. As my work is collaborative, I found it very rewarding to develop it in relation to and conversation with the students on the campus. Because the students come from diverse backgrounds, it was interesting to articulate the work in a way that they could understand. I discovered that being away from a purely artistic environment enabled me to make the work comprehensive for the broader public,” said Tom Oliver Jacobson, a Swedish performance artiste based in Amsterdam. 

The event also featured ‘Explore Kathak’ - a lecture and demonstration by Shamatai Bhate and her troupe from Nadroop, Pune; ‘Andaaz - Evening of Ragas’, an Indian classical music concert featuring classical Hindustani music performances. 

Upcoming highlights of the festival include Blithchron, a two-day student-led cultural festival of IITGN; a workshop on ‘The Art of Self-learning Musical Instruments - Keyboard and Guitar’ by Harvansh Dandelia; ‘Stroke of insight’, a performance by Jaya Iyer, a veteran dancer and martial artist; ‘Folk Dance Workshop’ by Chetan Jethwa; Street Play ‘Second Class Citizen?’ by Budhan Theater. 

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