To kick start the online term, SLCE organized its first online workshop from 25-27 September 2020. The workshop, Actor, Objects, Narratives, and the Digital Space, was conducted by Anurupa Roy over three days on Zoom.
About the Workshop
Conducted by the internationally acclaimed puppeteer Anurupa Roy, this two-part performance making workshop looked at the digital "space" not as a flat two-dimensional space but with its own depth and dynamic that could translate to a new language in performance. It entailed explorations through examples of renowned puppet/object theatre works and hands- on work using very simple material like paper and found objects at home.
About the Artist
Recipient of the Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskar 2007, Anurupa Roy is a puppeteer, puppet theatre director and puppet designer. Currently, she is the General Secretary of UNIMA India, the Indian chapter of the Union Internationale de la Marionetteand, the Managing Trustee of The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, a puppet theatre group based in Delhi,which she founded in 1998.
Roy received a Diploma in Puppet Theatre from the Dramatiska Institutet for Film, Television, Drama and Radio at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2002, she trained under Bruno Leone in traditional glove puppetry, at School of Traditional Glove Puppetry in Naples, Italy. She has directed performances for Katkatha, TIE Company, National School of Drama and, Jana Natya Manch.