Understanding Arts and Arts Education (Theory) Block : Art Education

STORY TELLING & STORY ACT
Story telling begins from the childhood and plays a very important role in child’s
life. In early times, storytelling and story enactment proved to be the best way for
child’s all-round growth and development .Usually grandparents used to spend
ample time with children. As the joint family system took the back seat by giving
way to nuclear families children nowadays get very little opportunity to listen to
stories. Stories enhance the imagination power in children and gives them
opportunity to live it in their own world. The joy of listening to a story and at the
same time gaining moral values is a fantastic approach. The teachers can apply
the skill of storytelling easily in an effective manner. Story telling is an art with
the combination of expression, gestures, voice modulation, movement and words.

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Performing Art Practical
Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed)
So, a skilled teacher can make a difference in the life of a child through storytelling
and enactment as theatre begins from this point in his life.
3.2.3.1 FOLK THEATRE
inhabited by over a billion diverse racial groups, India presents a colorful
assortment of folk culture, best portrayal through the unique art of folk theatre.
Local dialect is used in folk theatre. Some of the popular folk theatres
areRaasleelaRamleela,Bhaand, Nautunki, Wang, Jatraa etc. Some ballad singing
theatrical productions are Pabujikaphad ,Nupipaalaa of Manipur etc. Instruments
like dhol, kartal, manjira, khanjira are some props used in folk theatre.
Some of the regional theatre forms are given below
1. BhandPather
– This theatre form belongs to Kashmir and Punjab. Farmers
celebrate harvest season and worship gods & goddess. There is combination
of Satire, Wit and Parody. Shikargaah is one of the tradionalpather which is
a satire based story of hunters who hunt deers. Masks are used to depict
animals in it.
2. Krishnattam
– Krishnattam is performed every year in Krishna temple of
Guru Vayur in Kerala. In this, cycle eight plays of Krishna are enacted in
eight consecutive days every year. The plays are Avataram, Kaliavardama,
Rasakrida, Kamsavada, Swayamvaram, BanaYuddham, VividaVadham and
Swargarohana. Krishnattam is very closely related to the life of an individual
where all the aspects at different stages of life are taken up. For example,
Kishana’s birth, Kaliadaman, Kamsavadh tells us that mother gives birth to
a child, but the whole family takes care of him. As the child grows, he starts
fighting or raising voice against social evils and works towards eradication
of it. Few more example of regional theater forms are given below :
Swang
Haryana, Punjab
Nautanki
Uttar Bharat
Rasleela
Utter Pradesh
Bhavai
Gujarat and Rajasthan
Jatra
Bengal & Orissa
Tamasha
Maharashtra
Yakshagaana
Karnataka
In Urban areas
, there is provision of training in theatre as well place to perform.
All over the country there are theatre groups like Nandikar, Prithvi Theatre,
Rangayan, National School of Drama etc who promote theatre in education ,

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