STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The promising children of Jammu are all set to rule the world through their out of the world confidence and immense abilities. This could be seen in Natrang’s Children Theatre Camp-2015 where over 55 children are exploring a new amazing world of innovation and creativity. Natrang initiated organising Children Theatre Camp in the year 1990 and have been organizing this annual feature for the last 25 years.
The Silver jubilee year is definitely going to be a unique affair. The brain behind bringing this activity to Jammu, Natrang Director Padamshree Balwant Thakur, while sharing his vision of children theatre and its importance in shaping their total personality, said that my thrust is to serve and also educate Jammu children on how to achieve greatness using the strengths of theatre.
“It is to create an occasion for them and putting in place several opportunities for them to dialogue, develop and overcome limitations using the arts and theatre as the healing and transforming tools. Children are the future of our society and it becomes our prime duty to shape-up and secures our future through them. Thus, working with them from the incubation stage secures the future of our country,” he stated.
Thakur further said “I don’t see why we should not offer opportunities and encourage our children to be exactly what they want to be in life. Children do better in life when they are given the required platform and are allowed to go into areas where their talents are best suited. Theatre is one of the most effective medium of personality development and self-exploration. Natrang will continue with its endeavors to sensitize parents, teachers and the promoters of the schools to introduce this amazing art of theatre amongst children which has the magical power of shaping and grooming personalities.”
The children who participated in this exclusive workshop include Gopi Sharma, Sanchita Dubey, Akul Mahajan, Aadhya Gupta, Mihir Gujral, Sanket Bhagat, Soumya Kapur, Drish Dev Singh Sethi, Chander Pratap Singh, Ayn Bhola, Shreya Gupta, Sanyam Gupta, Siya Arora, Peher Bains, Navnoor Rai, Prisha Pant, Karan Singh, Khushi Jandial, Enakshi Pant, Yajur Mahajan, Rudra Kohli, Sahil Singh Anand, Swaranjali Sambyal, Aanandita Sethi, Sugandha Gupta, Arnav Anand, Sahil Anand, Jessica Sethi, Ojas Kapur, Saanvi Anand, Chirag Anand, Saksham Mahajan, Akshat Kohli, Riya Jandial, Arnav Mahajan, Adil Mahajan, Aniket K. Chakrabarty, Soujanya Sharma, Chaitanya Sharma, Rashvin Kaur Reen, Kalpesh Singh, Akshat Mahajan, Vitasta Zutshi, Pearl Mahajan, Tanmay Mahajan, Peehu Bargotra, Akarshit Bhardwaj, Saba Jamwal, Ramanya Gupta, Ritman Gupta, Baani Kaur, Gauri Sharma, Devisha Gaur, Shivangini Sharma, Vedhant Suri, Rudraksh Goswami, Daksh Goswami, Raghav Koushal, Saksham Mahajan and Abhijay Kesar.
The training faculty Theatre Camp 2015 includes Devika Ranjan (Washington DC) Rshba Raina (Pune), Sumeet Sharma and Neeraj Kant besiides Balwant Thakur. The workshop is being coordinated by Mohammad Yaseen and assisted by Shubham Soni and Mahikshit Singh.
