14 international drama schools to meet at NSD

The ninth edition of the Asia-Pacific Bureau Meet of drama schools will kick start at the National School of Drama (NSD) on October 19 with 'The strength of Asia in Contemporary Performance Culture' as the theme of the event.

Waman Kendre, Director of National School of Drama said that the meet, where 14 drama schools from 10 countries including India, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Bangladesh, will serve as a platform to exchange and promote India's theater legacy internationally.

Kendre said, "This is yet another occasion where all Asia Pacific Bureau schools will show their strength and exchange it to each other. This is also a platform for NSD to show rich Indian performance heritage and showcase contemporary and traditional theatre variety to the world."

The festival, which was held in Singapore last year, provides an opportunity to exchange and promote India's unique historic culture and rich traditions with other nations," he added.

Tripurari Sharma, Professor, NSD, said, "The spirit of the meet is one of coming together, sharing, interacting, and learning something that is very essential and valuable to the teaching and practice of theatre."

During this seven days saga, which will end on October 25, each school will conduct a workshop for participants, providing a glimpse of their respective training methodologies, she said.

To ensure that language does not become a barrier, the school has also arranged for interpreters of all the foreign languages.