Registration Open: Workshop at Past Forward | October 27, 2024 | BIC, Bangalore
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Past Forward: The Pleasure, Purpose and Practice of Arts Research
Safety in the Arts: Creating your Practice
Facilitators: Varoon P Anand, Gaurav Singh Nijjer and Ankita Mathur
Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Auditorium
Register here: https://bit.ly/3BCQGxL
This immersive two-hour workshop draws on years of research into safety practices in the performing arts, to offer a dynamic, participatory experience for arts practitioners, administrators, and enthusiasts. Through a series of interactive exercises, discussions, and theatre games, participants will explore innovative approaches to foster a culture of safety that goes beyond rigid rules to become an integral, evolving part of organisational practice.
Focus Areas:
- Reframing safety as an ongoing, adaptive process
- Incorporating rituals to demarcate work boundaries
- Integrating safety considerations into daily operations
- Creating open channels for communication about safety concerns
- Developing personalised codes of conduct
- Applying improvisation techniques to enhance safety practices
Participants will leave with practical tools and strategies to implement in their own organisations, as well as a deeper understanding of the nuanced, collaborative nature of effective safety cultures in the arts.
Free and open to all. Entry by registration.
Ankita Mathur is a Product Growth Manager at Houseware with a background in Data Science and Economics. She is also a Kathak dancer trained under acclaimed artist Vidushi Saswati Sen at Kalashram.
Gaurav Singh Nijjer is a theatre-maker, creative technologist, performer, and arts researcher. He is one-half of the Indian performing arts collective Kaivalya Plays. He is a graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and a former Chevening Scholar and German Chancellor Fellow.
Varoon P Anand is the Artistic Director of Kaivalya Plays, a professor, journalist, and researcher. Varoon is the recipient of several awards, commissions and grants from institutions like Instituto Cervantes, Goethe-Institut, British Council, Vanderbilt University, among others. Varoon pioneers innovative theatre projects, conducts research, and bridges cultural divides through his work in India and abroad.