"Das Lied von Rama"

Here are some impressions of the play "Das Lied von Rama", the indian epos. The pictures were made by Christian Kleiner, Nationaltheatee Mannheim, 2010.

Schnawwl Theatre

This is the Schnawwl theatre in Mannheim, Germany. Have a look.

ANNOUNCING: ESSAY COMPETITION!!

Has anyone in your family moved home from one place to another? To another city? Another country? For work? For adventure?

What about your grandparents, an uncle, your parents? Where did they come from? Where did they travel to?

What did they experience? What was difficult and tiring? What was good and exciting? Tell us ALL about it.

Write a 250 word essay on the topic: Migration In My Family. 

The winning essay will be published in the fabulous online publication that will accompany performances of BOY WITH A SUITCASE. It will be translated into German (if it is in English) and into English (if it is in German). We will be announcing 2 individual winners - one German and one Indian. Each will also receive a T-shirt from Ranga Shankara and Schnawwl Theatre.

Length of the Essay: 250 words
Deadline: March 10th 2010
Send to: anne.richter@mannheim.de & kumar.kirtana@gmail.com

Aufsatz-Wettbewerb

Ist in deiner Familiengeschichte schon einmal jemand in ein anderes Land gezogen? Wer war das?

Was hat er oder sie erlebt? Was war mühselig, was war schwierig? Was war schön oder aufregend?

Schreibe einen Aufsatz über die Erlebnisse dieses Verwandten von dir.

Die Gewinnertexte (maximal 2) wird in dem Online-Programmheft zu der deutsch-indischen Koproduktion "Der Junge mit dem Koffer" von Schnawwl und Ranga Shankara veröffentlicht und dafür entweder ins Englische oder Deutsche übersetzt.

Der Gewinner erhält zudem ein vom "Der Junge mit dem Koffer"-Ensemble handsigniertes T-shirt vom Ranga Shankara Theater in Bangalore, bzw. vom Schnawwl in Mannheim.

Länge: max. 7000 Zeichen

Einsendeschluss: 10. März 2011

Senden an:  anne.richter@mannheim.de oder Anne Richter, Schnawwl, Brückenstr. 2, 68167 Mannheim

oder

kumar.kirtana@gmail.com

Nrityagram

On Tuesday, March 1st, a large group of students from Grades 7 & 8 of Inventure Academy will come to Nrityagram to meet the cast of "Boy with a Suitcase" and watch rehearsals Yeah! What fun!
Check out Nrityagram http://www.nrityagram.org/

I'm attaching some pictures by David Benito Garcia (on of the protagonists in Boy with a Suitcase) of our days at Nrityagram. We wake up at 6.30am and are ready in our rehearsal space at 7am to start the day with Silent meditation. We then do Yoga (led by Sophia) Core Training for Actors and Meyerhold's Biomechanics exercises (both led by Kirtana) before we have breakfast and showers.

We start our morning rehearsals at 9.30 am. We break for lunch (boy, we're starving by then) at 2 pm and start rehearsals again at 4 pm and close for the day at 8 pm. How does that sound, guys? Actors days are fun days, huh?!

Oh, and we have the sweetest dogs at Nrityagram. Karma, the basset Hound. And Guru, Thambi and Swamy - the three Doggie Cowboys. They run to greet us (not Karma, she lies on her beanbag in the sun) and are beautiful and brown and HUGE.

Oops, sorry. Tried to attach David's pics, but couldn't. Will ask him to post them himself, ok?

Till later then...!
kirtana

Rehearsals for "Boy with a suitcase" have begun

Hey people,
rehearsals for the play "Boy with a Suitcase" started last week and we are posting regularly from Nritygram now.

Who has been to Nrityagram? Post comments and explain the place to the Germans.

Take a look at our blog: www.schnawwlrangashankara.blogpost.com

One actress, Simone from Germany,  is very sick with the flu, but reherasals are going well - we will see you soon here.

gummi bears have arrived

Hi winners of the German stats game, the gummi bears have arrived in Nrityagram and will be waiting for you there!

Hi

I'm here now too
Paul

Ranga Shankara, Bangalore

Actors

Do I Know You?

Ranga Shankara, Bangalore and the Schnawwl Theatre, Mannheim are working on an international theatre collaboration called DO I KNOW YOU? 

One aspect of DO I KNOW YOU? is a play for young people, Mike Kenny’s BOY WITH A SUITCASE that will be directed by German director, Andrea Gronemeyer, with an ensemble of Indian actors and musicians from Bangalore and Mannheim. The play will be performed in both India and Germany. 

As some of you in Mannheim may know, Schnawwl Theatre recently performed an Indian play - DAS LIED VON RAMA. And some of you in Bangalore may have seen ROBINSON AND CRUSOE,  a play that was developed by Schnawwl in Mannheim and then performed in Bangalore and was directed by a Bangalorean, Gracias Devaraj, who now lives in Germany!

So... you see we have many connections and hope to make more in the future through our CYBER-CLASSROOMS.

What is a CYBER-CLASSROOM? Kids in Bangalore and Mannheim communicate with each other through New media - email, blog and eventually Skype. 

So watch out! Expect pictures, videos, audio files, words...

Expect to find answers to the question - DO I KNOW YOU?!