Abhinay School of Performing Arts
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| Formation | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | NGO |
| Registration no. | 72 253 204 366 (ABN) |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose | Culture and education related to Indian subcontinental theatre arts |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 33°57′14.1″S 151°8′16″E / 33.953917°S 151.13778°ECoordinates: 33°57′14.1″S 151°8′16″E / 33.953917°S 151.13778°E |
President | Aishveryaa Nidhi |
Artistic director | Aishveryaa Nidhi |
Chairman | J Mohan |
Treasurer | Raj Dixit[1] |
| Website |
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Formerly called | Abhinay Theatre |
Abhinay School of Performing Arts is a nonprofit charity school based in Sydney, Australia which was founded in 2009 to promote art and culture from the Indian subcontinent in Australia. As of 2013 the school reported having trained over 200 people in dance and theatre arts.[2] Abhinay means "the art of performing" in Sanskrit. Playwright Alex Broun has conducted play-writing workshops with the school for the Indian community, and the school takes part in the yearly Short and Sweet festival he is associated with. The school's president and artistic director is Aishveryaa Nidhi.
Acting workshops focus on dialogue delivery, speech analysis, and body language.[3] Abhinay promotes multiculturalism, and has collaborated with the Hurstville City Council to increase community participation.[4] The school also promotes the Hindi language through instructional classes and live performances.[2]
Performances
Every year Abhinay presents a festival of Hindi plays to celebrate Hindi Diwas, "Indradhanush – Australian collection of Hindi Plays". The festival was created after a playwriting workshop with Broun at the Shopfront Theatre. The collection features student-written plays, which were later translated to Hindi for the festival. The plays allude to contemporary, social, emotional and political issues. From plays written during the workshop, 'Quarantine' written by Neena Badhawar, directed by Arvind Gaur, starring Aishveryaa Nidhi and Ishwak Singh was Abhinay School's first entry as an Independent Theatre Company for the inaugural New Delhi Short and Sweet festival in 2010.
Abhinay was one of several schools and performance groups who collaborated with the Sydney Theatre Company to adapt John Birmingham's 1999 book Leviathan to the stage in 2010.[5]
References
- ↑ "Executive Committee". Abhinay.com.au. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- 1 2 Galinovic, Maria. "Nurturing Hindi culture". The Leader. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ↑ Anand, Shitika (13 July 2013). "Multicultural: 8 quirky outings to 8 countries -- in Australia". Travel CNN. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ↑ "Indradhanush – Australian collection of Hindi Plays". Indian Herald (Australia). 23 September 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Ian (17 September 2010). "Monstrous vision of city's first 200 years". The Australian. Retrieved 17 August 2015.