Dinesh Yadav is Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Technical Director for Theatre and Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA. He is a designer and performer at heart. Further positions he holds are head of the OISTAT Lighting Design Sub-Commission and project leader of the Designers on Design webinar. In this interview in two parts, Dinesh speaks about his career and shares his passion for his work with us. This is part 2 of 2.
Dinesh Yadav is Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Technical Director for Theatre and Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA. He is a designer and performer at heart. Further positions he holds are head of the OISTAT Lighting Design Sub-Commission and project leader of the Designers on Design webinar. In this interview in two parts, Dinesh speaks about his career and shares his passion for his work with us. This is part 1 of 2.
Yemberzal are the first all-women Sufiyana music group in Indian-administered Kashmir. Despite being a male-dominated tradition and receiving ongoing negative feedback, the group is going from strength-to-strength inspiring women and keeping this dying tradition alive.
Not too long ago we looked at Indian Folk Theatre. Which led us to ask the question, “So, what is happening in contemporary Indian Theatre?” How did and does it develop? What are the common practices? And how deeply is the performing arts scene of today still anchored in ancient traditions? This article can by no means paint a full picture but attempts to give you a glimpse into a fascinating creative world.
Indian Folk theatre is a fusion of dance, drama, stylized speech, and spectacle. Furthermore, Indian folk theatre has deep roots in local identity and native culture. It is an important tool of expression and communication going back centuries. In many ways, even still today, this ancient Indian art form reflects the social and political realities of times long past as well as of the present times in which the performance is staged.
It does not matter how much we grow in our strength, technological power, policies, humanity, or art and entertainment, India on the world stage is often reduced to that insignificant yet moderately accurate scene in Slumdog Millionaire. Slumdog Millionaire is what happens when you tell a doctor to play an engineer. Of course, he is going to use his skills but what will turn out in front of us would be so deplorable that you will rather hire someone else.
