Theater Mitu

Participant at Theater Mitu's South India Artist Intensive

June 2019 • Bangalore, Karnataka

What I liked

I liked the fact that research was conducted on several different levels. I was involved in academic, dramaturgical, and aesthetic research. In addition, reflection and research were closely interwoven with artistic practice. I engaged in physical training on a daily bases in various South Inidan art forms and techniques such as Kalaripayattu, Mohiniattam, Kathakali, and Yakshagana. I had panel discussions and participated in seminars with local Inidan artists, lawyers, activists and scholars. Participation in this artist intensive also gave me the opportunity to access Theater Mitu's core research, training, laboratory, and creation methodologies, known as Whole Theater.

What I wish was different

I would not change a single thing. However, I wish the program had been more than just three weeks long.

Advice

As a theater practitioner and a dancer, I used my own body as a tool to engage with various classical Inidan arts. I was able to describe firsthand the impact these art forms and techniques had on my body and mind. Some of the techniques went straight to my physcial archive as an artist, meaning that I stored them and will utilize them in my career as an artist. My advice, therefore, would be to everyone who wants to enrich their artistic practice to apply and participate in Theater Mitu's South India Artist Intensive even if they have no particular interest in Hindu theater or mythology. Exploring oneself outside of the familiar is immensely beneficial in unexpected and often surprising ways.

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