NATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 2019-20

National Mime Festival presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra and

Department of Art & Culture in association with Rainbow colours

and Rang Mastaaney commenced on 5th September 2019, with a

workshop on Mime techniques by Niranjan Goswami.

The workshop began with a brief introduction on mime by

Narendra Arora, festival advisor. He briefly discussed Natyashastra

and significance of Mime through several stories and examples.

Later in the day, a talk show was held at Krishnayan auditorium

with Niranjan Goswami and was moderated by Priyanka

Chandani. Talk show gave an overall insight on mime and how

mime could be made more inclusive as an art form and can be

incorporated in today’s productions. He said, “Mime is an eternal

part of both dance and theatre and it can never be excluded. The fact that my group’s name is ‘Indian Mime

Theatre’ says that mime is a part of the theatre and not a separate art form.”

After the talk show, four solo plays were staged. The first play titled Meri Taal was performed by Garima Pareek and conceptualised, designed and directed by Yogendra Singh Parmar. The play revolves around the concept of finding a rhythm in one’s life.

Another solo play titled Unfulfilled Bag was performed and directed by Vivek Kumar Sah, an actor and mime artist from Bihar. The play revolves around the human mind which is like an unfulfilled bag than can never be filled.

Solo play titled Stone Age: Spot the difference, directed and performed by Vichitra B Singh, revolves around stone age and today’s age.

Life ‘Box in a Box’, a solo play by Asif Sher Ali Khan, revolves around the concept of how people have locked themselves in a box made of limitations.