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About Us
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts is where academicians, research scholars, students, culture enthusiasts, artists and community members work in a collaborative environment to create rich, engaged learning and teaching experiences in the field of Art, Literature and Performing Arts; the Centre is first of its kind in Mumbai with academically rich courses in the specialised fields of art and culture open to all. St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts is a brain child of Fr. Magi Murzello and Dr. Omkar Bhatkar. They at SAPP invite individuals to become members of an intellectually diverse, active learning community for lifelong learning. The Courses run by SAPP are usually priced at a lesser cost, as the Centre seeks to bridge the economic gap between the artist and art. SAPP curates lecture series, readings, workshop and performances.
BEING AND BECOMING: An Acting experiment
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
in association with
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
organises
BEING AND BECOMING : An Acting Experiment
About ‘Being and Becoming: An Acting Experiment’
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc with the support of St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts brings to you ‘Being and Becoming: An Acting Experiment’. This experiment is designed for those who wish to try themselves at acting and experience the catharsis of essaying a role.
The 6-8 week, ‘Being and Becoming: An Acting Experiment’ allows participants to immerse themselves in discovering the craft of acting. There are many schools and methodologies of acting. We, in this experiment, will be more concerned with the idea of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ and therefore locate this project in the realm of exploring consciousness. This experimental course doesn’t aim at answering any questions, rather seeks to explore the idea of ‘being’ and ‘acting’. It is designed in two phases to be conducted in a hybrid form resulting into a film that blends with stagecraft.
The Steps
The duration of the course is 72 hours and will take place in two phases.
Phase I (48 hours)
16 virtual sessions from 13th August 2021 to 30th August 2021,
Friday to Monday, 5 pm to 8 pm.
Phase II (22 hours)
September 10- September 30, 2021
Days and timings will be decided on mutual convenience as this would be limited to two-three participants.
Who can apply?
The course is open to anyone who wishes to experiment with their acting abilities.
We don’t expect you to be coming from acting background or trained in acting, the workshop is open to everyone.
But also, please note that you need to have an openness to embrace other forms of arts as this workshop will be using visual arts, performance studies, film analysis practices and methods.
The workshop is paid; however, payment is to be made only after confirmation from our side.
How to apply?
1) Call 9819007976 for details and registration.
3) Only after all your queries are answered, we will guide you with completing the process by paying the course fees.
4) Please note that this workshop is limited to 8-10 seats only in order to facilitate enriching learning, discussion and outcome. If interested, we would recommend you to fill out the registration form at the earliest.
What is the commitment required?
1) To actively participate in all sessions (6-8 weeks/72 hours)
2) Resource Material like Essays/Plays/Film links will be provided from a free source and the participants are expected to read the material before the respective session.
3) It is a highly process-oriented experiment and therefore please avoid skipping sessions.
4) The workshop will be conducted in hybrid form and all online sessions will be using Zoom.
What’s the outcome of the workshop?
1) This six-to-eight-week long experiment will focus on creating a specific character from the participant.
2) The character will then be assimilated into a feature length film. This workshop may result in an experimental film on the crossroads of theatre and cinema.
3) All the participants will be characters in this film. (The film won’t have a protagonist; therefore, it isn’t a story of one person.)
4) The film is an experimental one and the goal is not limited to its distribution on OTT platforms or YouTube. The film may or may not end up on such platforms, however the participants will have access to its full copy. (Since, this is an experiment, it’s too early to dictate the exact outcome.)
Course Faculty
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Playwright and Director
Mr. Daryl Arambhan
Operatic Tenor
CULTURE CARE AND CINEMA
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organises
CULTURE CARE AND CINEMA
How pleasant is it to explore ‘Culture Care’ through the medium of films?
Families are being separated, love is splitting, neighbours are turning indifferent, societies are engaging in a culture war and the world is falling apart. There is a sense of loneliness and helplessness in the individual. Many bemoan the decay of culture. But don’t we all have a responsibility to care for it, to recreate a way of living a fulfilled life, to nurture life in ways that help people thrive? What is it for individuals to become generative and feed our culture's soul with beauty, creativity, and generosity! This course explores culture care through cinema and it is about much more than culture, art, beauty, and aesthetics; it is about nothing less than what it means to be human.
This course looks at loss and care in cinema. Exploring the links between crisis and hopelessness across a range of thematic, historical and cultural concerns, the attempt will be to situate and understand cinema as an innovative and powerful archive of culture care.
The eight virtual sessions commence from 20th July, 2021 with two hour long sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 pm to 6 pm (IST)
Methodology
The course will be inter-disciplinary in its approach, giving attention to culture care in relationships not only from the point of view of film studies but also through philosophy, sociology, social geography, literature, art and anthropology.
Participants are expected to watch the film before the respective session. (Film links will be provided from a free source)
20th July to 12th August, 2021
Every Tuesday and Thursday
4 pm to 6 pm (IST)
On Zoom
Who can apply?
The workshop is open to everyone, preferably 18+ years of age, with a commitment to attending all eight virtual sessions and participating with their reflections.
What is the commitment required?
1) To be present for all eight virtual sessions commencing from 20th July, 2021 to 12th Aug, 2021 with two hour long sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 pm to 6 pm.
2) The film links will be provided from a free source and the participants are expected to watch the film before the respective session.
3) Certificate of Participation will be provided after attending all eight sessions.
Course fee:
Rs 2200/- (Can be paid online while registering)
Rs 1800/- (For SAPP Members/Dhi Vol I & II participants)
How to apply?
1) Click on the Register button below
Course Faculty
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Dr. Amita Valmiki
Head, Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai
Understanding Diversity and Harmony through Cinema
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
in association with
Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous)
organises a Certificate course in
UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY AND HARMONY THROUGH CINEMA
How pleasant and enjoyable is it to explore ‘diversity’ through the medium of films?
Cinema is a powerful medium to examine caste, class, religious, ethnic, racial and gender diversity. The specially curated films raise vital questions about identities and may provoke one to think and question beyond the obvious. The workshop aims to reveal the layers and perspectives of ‘existence’ and ‘ways of living’ through cinema. This Course is a confabulation of ideas, concepts and an on-going series of face-to-faith conversations of the real, the mystical and the practical; an opportunity to those who would like to explore the phenomenon of “what is to be human and live with the other”. The course explores ‘othering’ through the medium of films and seeks to build a dialogue around diversity and harmonious living. Some topics covered in the class include the phases of diversity dexterity, forgiveness, notions of faith, diverse religious beliefs, unconscious biases, ethnocentric and ethno-relative mindsets, and elements of diversity and pluralism. The course hopes to help students overcome their own biases to foster more inclusive living environments.
The duration of the course is 30 hours and will take place in two phases.
Phase I (16 hours)
Ten virtual sessions from 13th June 2021 to 20th June 2021, 4 pm to 6 pm.
Phase II (14 hours)
Five virtual sessions from 27th June 2021 to 3rd July 2021, 4pm to 6 pm.
Who can apply?
The course is open to students, educators, working professional, artists, who are dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive environment that respects diversity and pluralism.
Course fee
Rs 2000/- only
What is the commitment required?
1)To be present for all fifteen virtual sessions (30 hours) with reflections on the films assigned in the class.
2)The film links will be provided from a free source and the participants are expected to watch the film before the respective session.
3)A Certificate of Completion shall be provided after attending all fifteen sessions.
How to apply?
1) Click on the Register button below
Course Co-ordinators
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Dr. Amita Valmiki
Head, Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai
Dhi Vol II- Interfaith Dialogue through Cinema
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
in association with
Department of Mass Media, S.K. Somaiya College
organises
Dhi Vol II- Interfaith dialogue through Cinema
How pleasant and enjoyable is it to explore ‘Faith’ through the medium of films?
Dhi (धी), is a Sanskrit word that means 'understanding', 'reflection', 'religious thought', 'mind', 'design', 'intelligence', 'opinion', 'meditation', 'imagination', 'notion', 'intellect'. We, at St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, are organising a confabulation of Films and Faith. “धी” (Dhi) is an unprecedented and innovative perspective to examine faith through the medium of films. The specially curated films raise vital questions about faith and may provoke one to think and question beyond the obvious. The workshop aims to reveal the layers and perspectives of faith through cinema. Dhi is a festival of Ideas, and an ongoing series of face-to-faith conversations of the real, the mystical and the practical; an opportunity to those who would like to explore the phenomenon of “Faith” and "Interfaith".
The five virtual sessions are every morning from 15th June, 2021 to 20th June, 2021. 9 am to 11 am.
Who can apply?
The workshop is open to everyone, preferably 18+ years of age, with a commitment to attending all five virtual sessions and participating with their reflections.
What is the commitment required?
1) To be present for all five virtual sessions commencing from 15th June, 2021 to 20th June, 2021 with two hour long sessions every day, from 9 am to 11 am
2) The film links will be provided from a free source and the participants are expected to watch the film before the respective session.
3) Certificate of Participation will be provided after attending all eight sessions.
How to apply?
1) Register on the link below.
2) If selected, you will receive a confirmation email within a day. Please note that we have a limited number of seats in order to facilitate enriching discussions. Please register soon.
With
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Prof. Poonam Chaudhari
Assistant Professor, Anjuman-I-Islam's Allana Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
Dr. Elvis Fernandes
Convener, SADBHAV- an Interfaith initiative, Pilar Seminary – Goa
Dr. Amita Valmiki
Head, Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai
Dhi- Confabulation on Films and Faith Vol I (Seats are Full, Registration Closed)
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organises
Dhi- Confabulation on Films and Faith Vol I
How pleasant and enjoyable is it to explore ‘Faith’ through the medium of films?
Dhi (धी), is a Sanskrit word that means 'understanding', 'reflection', 'religious thought', 'mind', 'design', 'intelligence', 'opinion', 'meditation', 'imagination', 'notion', 'intellect'. We, at St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, are organising a confabulation of Films and Faith. “धी” (Dhi) is an unprecedented and innovative perspective to examine faith through the medium of films. The specially curated films raise vital questions about faith and may provoke one to think and question beyond the obvious. The workshop aims to reveal the layers and perspectives of faith through cinema. Dhi is a festival of Ideas, and an ongoing series of face-to-faith conversations of the real, the mystical and the practical; an opportunity to those who would like to explore the phenomenon of “Faith”.
The eight virtual sessions commence from 20th May, 2021 with one and half-hour long sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.
Who can apply?
The workshop is open to everyone, preferably 18+ years of age, with a commitment to attending all eight virtual sessions and participating with their reflections.
What is the commitment required?
1) To be present for all eight virtual sessions commencing from 20th May, 2021 to 15th June, 2021 with one and half-hour long sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.
2) The film links will be provided from a free source and the participants are expected to watch the film before the respective session.
3) Certificate of Participation will be provided after attending all eight sessions.
How to apply?
1) Register on the link below. ( Due to overwhelming response, Registrations are closed . We will open registrations for Vol II on July 5th 2021 here) (If you wish to receive updates, kindly drop us a line on our 'Contact Us' page)
2) You will receive a confirmation email within a day. Please note that we have a limited number of seats in order to facilitate enriching discussions. Please register soon.
With
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Prof. Poonam Chaudhari
Associate Professor, Anjuman-I-Islam's Allana Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
Dr. Elvis Fernandes
Convener, SADBHAV- an Interfaith initiative, Pilar Seminary – Goa
Dr. Amita Valmiki
Head, Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai
awesummer 2021
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
3rd May to 7th May 2021
9 am to 11 am IST
On Zoom
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
Theatre is one of the most visceral forms of storytelling, a living and breathing collaborative art form. At the heart of all plays is a conflict. Whether you’ve never written anything before, you’re experienced in any form of writing, or you’re a playwright looking to sharpen your skills, “Write Your Own Play” offers clear, step-by-step guidance in : characterization, conflict and structure, setting, knots of tension, codes of character, dialogue and formatting.
About the Resource Person: Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications. He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
The course is part of AWESUMMER 2021 , which opens a range of courses to youth organised by St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
8th May to 12th May 2021
9 am to 11 am IST
On Zoom
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
- Introduction to Scenography is an art of creating visual stories on stage and screen and a visual language that communicates beyond the text and often the unspoken, unsaid.
- The basic theoretical backgrounds and the practical use of working tools relevant to the field of scenography (tools)
- Knowledge in terms of the cross pollination of the field and multidisciplinary nature of the field (terminologies and the process)
- The ability to create a visual language (representation & communication)
Developing a sensory language that communicates through colour, design, symbolism, performance, metaphor, etc (concept development)
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
INTRODUCTION TO SCENOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
20th May to 31st May 2021
(Excluding Sundays)
11 am to 12 noon
On Zoom
INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
Through images and videos of live and recorded performances we will explore a brief history of opera and then go on to see how various human emotions are depicted in operatic works. Significant opera composers and their respective backgrounds and styles of composing will be covered throughout the course. All of this will be mostly from an opera singer’s perspective.
About the Resource Person
Daryl Arambhan, Operatic Tenor
Originally from Mumbai, Daryl trained with various opera coaches and conductors in London while also taking courses in acting. His inspiration remains the enchanting operatic diva Maria Callas. Over the last ten years he has sung lead tenor roles in staged operas including Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann and Bizet’s Carmen, and has also given recitals and concerts at numerous venues in London. His repertoire includes songs, arias and ballads in English, German, Italian and French with a strong emphasis on the romantic German style.
In Mumbai he has given concerts at the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation and the Jeff Goldberg (Method Acting) Studio.
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AN EVENING IN DECEMBER: CINE THEATRE
SYNOPSIS
Come December and the festive spirit has already set in. Homes decorated with sparkly lights, Baubles and star adorn Christmas trees. The heady aroma of Christmas cakes and goodies wafting in the neighborhood. Esther and Sebastian have just finished putting up the Christmas decorations. For Esther, as usual a feeling of void, reminiscing about Decembers gone by. Rajula, their house help humming in her beautiful voice, trying to fill the empty spaces, and then Rose comes home, out of the blue with bag full of goodies wrapped in the burden of strained relationships. What will this Christmas bring to the four of them? A better tomorrow or the bitter past still lingering around? Come and experience the warmth of relationships in this CineDrama.
CREDITS
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Cast : Sharmila Velaskar Kadne | Meeta Bagwe | Graham Miranda | Pratiksha Asgaonkar
Cinematography by Murtaza Calcuttawala and Hasan Nullwala
Editing by Murtaza Calcuttawala and Hasan Nullwala
Music Composed by Jason Fernandes
Mise-en-scène by Omkar Bhatkar
Language : English
Age : 14+
LIVE LECTURE SERIES
GENDER NARRATIVES IN CINEMA
INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA
GENDER NARRATIVES IN CINEMA
Explorations in Gender is a series of lectures organized by St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts that examines the contingent nature of identity factors, such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address diverse themes in each session. Every session is interactive and participants are allowed to ask questions to the resource person.
It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various varied disciplines. The major disciplines are philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology.
Each session is organized around Key Ideas of a thinker followed by exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
Talk # 6 : GENDER NARRATIVES IN CINEMA deals with the following themes:
- Reversal of Male Gaze
- Looking at Cinema of Chantal Ackermann
- Key Ideas of Laura Mulvey
- Gender Ambiguities in Cinema
- Looking at Cinema of Rituparno Ghosh
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA
GENDER NARRATIVES IN CINEMA
Explorations in Gender is a series of lectures organized by St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts that examines the contingent nature of identity factors, such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address diverse themes in each session. Every session is interactive and participants are allowed to ask questions to the resource person.
It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various varied disciplines. The major disciplines are philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology.
Each session is organized around Key Ideas of a thinker followed by exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
Talk # 5 : HISTORY OF SEXUALITY deals with the following themes:
- Development of Sexuality in history
- Key Ideas of Michel Foucault
- Locating nor male nor female experiences in history
- Reading of 19th century Hermaphrodite
- Thoughts of Judith Butler
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA
INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA
INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA
Explorations in Gender is a series of lectures organized by St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts that examines the contingent nature of identity factors, such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address diverse themes in each session. Every session is interactive and participants are allowed to ask questions to the resource person.
It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various varied disciplines. The major disciplines are philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology.
Each session is organized around Key Ideas of a thinker followed by exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
Talk # 4 : INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA session will deal with the following themes:
- Language, Mythology and Meaning Making II
- Rewriting Draupadi with Mahashweta Devi
- Ideas of Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak
- Stage Adaptation of Draupadi
- The Laugh of Medusa with Hélène Cixous
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
GENDERING MYTHOLOGY
MATRIX OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
INTERPELLATION OF DRAUPADI AND MEDUSA
Explorations in Gender is a series of lectures organized by St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts that examines the contingent nature of identity factors, such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address diverse themes in each session. Every session is interactive and participants are allowed to ask questions to the resource person.
It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various varied disciplines. The major disciplines are philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology.
Each session is organized around Key Ideas of a thinker followed by exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
Talk # 3 : GENDERING MYTHOLOGY deals with the following themes:
- Mythology as a way of social construction
- Key ideas of Roland Barthes and Helene Cixous
- Myth of Persephone
- Analysis of Demeter and Persephone with Luce Irigaray
- Rewriting the Feminine with Carolyn Kizer
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
WRITING WITH OUR BODIES
MATRIX OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
MATRIX OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
Explorations in Gender is a series of lectures organized by St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts that examines the contingent nature of identity factors, such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address diverse themes in each session. Every session is interactive and participants are allowed to ask questions to the resource person.
It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various varied disciplines. The major disciplines are philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology.
Each session is organized around Key Ideas of a thinker followed by exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
Talk # 2 : Writing with our Bodies
- Spatial Dynamics and Identity
- To explore literature and language that we learn and look at it critically with the possibility of Writing with our bodily experiences.
- Key ideas of Virginia Woolf and Luce Irigaray.
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
MATRIX OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
MATRIX OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
MATRIX OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
Explorations in Gender is a series of lectures organized by St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts that examines the contingent nature of identity factors, such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address diverse themes in each session. Every session is interactive and participants are allowed to ask questions to the resource person.
It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various varied disciplines. The major disciplines are philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology.
Each session is organized around Key Ideas of a thinker followed by exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
Talk # 1 : Matrix of Sex, Gender and Sexuality deals with the following themes:
- Biological Determinism and Social Construction of Gender
- Key Ideas of Simone de Beauvoir
- Gender as Performance and Locating Sexuality in relation to Sex and Gender
- Key Ideas of Judith Butler
About the Resource Person
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender Studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims at bridging art and academics.
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays.
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM
COURSE
Live Zoom Session
Every Wednesday and Saturday
01st - 18th August 2020
5 PM to 7 PM IST
01st, 05th, 08th, 12th August 2020
5 PM to 7 PM IST
13th - 18th August 2020
2 sessions (one on one session) on 2 different days will be planned mutually.
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
Theatre is one of the most visceral forms of storytelling, a living and breathing collaborative art form. At the heart of all plays is a conflict. Whether you’ve never written anything before, you’re experienced in any form of writing, or you’re a playwright looking to sharpen your skills, “Write Your Own Play” offers clear, step-by-step guidance in : characterization, conflict and structure, setting, knots of tension,codes of character, dialogue and formatting.
SAPP introduces you to an application based course which involves skill enhancement in the field of play writing and well as development of the writing tools. Towards the end of this lecture series, the participants will have finished writing a play. With proper assistance and guidance, the class will involve a one-to-one session too, which will help the participants to grow and explore more. This guided teaching will involve a group of only 8 participants.
Open to First 8 Registrations Only
THEATRE AND AESTHETICS: Exploring the Visual & the Visceral
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM
COURSE
Live Zoom Session
FRIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY
3rd, 4th, 5th July 2020
10:00 to 12:30 AM IST
“ THEATRE AND AESTHETICS:
Exploring the Visual and the Visceral
with Dr. Omkar Bhatkar”
SAPP brings you an online interactive lecture series that deals with the Visual language in Theatre. Over the Three Days, the lecture will attempt to discuss the aesthetics of visual theatre and the blurring boundaries of different art forms. Following Topics will be discussed:
- Western and Eastern Understanding of Aesthetics
- Textual Imagination to Visual Imagination
- Introduction to Scenography
- Revisiting Dadism
- Meaning Making and Visual Theatre
- Lived Experience and Devised Theatre
- Postmodernist Artists and Performance Art
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY : Live Skill Amelioration and Guided Teaching
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM ( FOR UG STUDENTS)
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LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM
COURSE
“EXISTENTIALISM”
This course will introduce its participants to key thinkers and themes in existentialist literature and philosophy. There is a tendency to think of existentialism as a bygone post Second World War European cultural phenomenon, especially so in the light of post-structuralist interventions. This course follows Thomas Flynn in arguing that this is a mammoth misconception. There are entanglements and continuities between existentialists and post-structuralists such as Irigaray, Lyotard, Foucault, Derrida and Butler. This course examines how existentialism investigates the sustainability of freedom against inflicted rigidities of situations and stereotypes of gender. It focuses on the writings of twelve thinkers, men and women from diverse European locations; namely, Albert Camus, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Jaspers, Jean Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Milan Kundera, Miguel de Unamuno and Edith Stein. It engages with their work from the Indian context in the 21st century. This course attempts to demonstrate that their explorations of human freedom, emotions and creativity, in collective and individual modes, reveal that existentialism remains pertinent in contemporary non-European contexts as well.
This course will enable the participant to read philosophical texts with reference to their backgrounds in scholarly debates. These readings will allow participants to engage in discussions on existentialism and write a scholarly essay.
🪂
Live Zoom Session
Every Monday – Wednesday
From, 10th June, 2020 to 20th July, 2020
5 pm to 7 pm IST
Sessions will be conducted by Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan, Dr. Omkar Bhatkar, Dr. Biraj Mehta-Rathi and Dr. Amita Valmiki
This Registration Link is for Teachers, Scholars, Working Professionals and everyone who is not a UG student.
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM ( FOR UG STUDENTS)
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM ( FOR UG STUDENTS)
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM ( FOR UG STUDENTS)
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM
COURSE
“EXISTENTIALISM”
This course will introduce its participants to key thinkers and themes in existentialist literature and philosophy. There is a tendency to think of existentialism as a bygone post Second World War European cultural phenomenon, especially so in the light of post-structuralist interventions. This course follows Thomas Flynn in arguing that this is a mammoth misconception. There are entanglements and continuities between existentialists and post-structuralists such as Irigaray, Lyotard, Foucault, Derrida and Butler. This course examines how existentialism investigates the sustainability of freedom against inflicted rigidities of situations and stereotypes of gender. It focuses on the writings of twelve thinkers, men and women from diverse European locations; namely, Albert Camus, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Jaspers, Jean Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Milan Kundera, Miguel de Unamuno and Edith Stein. It engages with their work from the Indian context in the 21st century. This course attempts to demonstrate that their explorations of human freedom, emotions and creativity, in collective and individual modes, reveal that existentialism remains pertinent in contemporary non-European contexts as well.
This course will enable the participant to read philosophical texts with reference to their backgrounds in scholarly debates. These readings will allow participants to engage in discussions on existentialism and write a scholarly essay.
🪂
Live Zoom Session
Every Monday – Wednesday
From, 10th June, 2020 to 20th July, 2020
5 pm to 7 pm IST
Sessions will be conducted by Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan, Dr. Omkar Bhatkar, Dr. Biraj Mehta-Rathi and Dr. Amita Valmiki
If you are a undergraduate student of any college or university please register here.
After your registration process and payment is complete you would receive an email from us to attach a scanned copy of your College ID card for verification.
GENDERING ART COURSE: VOL 1
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM ( FOR UG STUDENTS)
LIVED MEANINGS: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
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POROUS BOUNDARIES OF ART/ AESTHETICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LIVE SHORT TERM COURSE
GENDERING ART : VOL 1
Tuesday, 9th, June 2020
WESTERN PERSPECTIVES HER-STORY
WITH ART AND ACTIVISM
By Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Thursday, 11th June 2020
LAURA MULVEY, MALE GAZE
AND BOLLYWOOD
By Prof. Diana Linda
Tuesday, 16th June 2020
WHY ARE THERE NO
GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS?
(REVISITING LINDA NOCHLIN)
By Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan
Thursday, 18th June 2020
WRITING AS A WOMAN :
LUCE IRIGARAY
By Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan
Tuesday, 23rd June 2020,
THE BEGINNING WITH SAPPHO:
THE JOURNEY OF QUEER POETRY
By Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Thursday, 25th June 2020
ANTIGONE AND . DRAUPADI:
By Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan
What is Art?
The problem lies not so much with some feminists' concept of what femininity is, but rather with their misconception-shared with the public at large-of what art is: with the naive idea that art is the direct, personal expression of individual emotional experience, a translation of personal life into visual terms. Art is almost never that, great art never is. The making of art involves a self-consistent language of form, more or less dependent upon, or free from, given temporally defined conventions, schemata, or systems of notation, which have to be learned or worked out, either through teaching, apprenticeship, or a long period of individual experimentation. The language of art is, more materially, embodied in paint and line on canvas or paper, in stone or clay or plastic or metal it is neither a sob story nor a confidential whisper and therefore Artistic production centred on the topic of gender has always been embattled terrain—exposing an uneven topography of contested categories and hierarchies that intersect along spectrums of “gender,” “race,” “class,” and “sexuality.”
The overlap between gender and feminism is clear and almost unavoidable, since feminist studies centres “gender” as its primary category of analysis while investigating how it intersects with other identities like sex, sexuality, race, class, and ability. This live course over the span of six themes shall explore the matrix of Art, Gender and Sexuality embedded in the production process of making Art. The course will largely discuss Embodiment of Art in cinema, visual arts, drama and poetry.
25 SEATS ONLY
LIVED MEANINGS: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
LIVE INTERACTIVE SHORT TERM COURSE EXISTENTIALISM ( FOR UG STUDENTS)
LIVED MEANINGS: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
LECTURE CUM DISCUSSION
WITH DR. OMKAR BHATKAR
Live Zoom Session On
Wednesday, 3rd June 2020,
5 PM to 7 PM IST
LIVED MEANINGS:
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
- Deconstructing the idea of 'woman'
- Philosophy of Existence
- Meaning of Literature for Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most preeminent French existentialist philosophers and writers. Working alongside other famous existentialists such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, de Beauvoir produced a rich corpus of writings including works on ethics, feminism, fiction, autobiography, and politics. this talk by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar shall look more into her Fiction Writing rather than her academic writing. It would deconstruct the idea of 'Woman' and touch upon the existentialist ideas of being and becoming. Her philosophy of existence would be explored through her semi autobiographical writings And conclude with Beauvoir's understanding of 'Literature'.
25 SEATS ONLY
CHILDREN'S THEATRE FESTIVAL 2020
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
Sunday , 23rd February, 11:30 AM
Performed Reading In English
Written by Magali Mougel
Performed Reading Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Leïli and Nils are in the same class. Leïli likes to hunt, dress like boys, and gel her short hair. Nils likes to wear his hair long, shows his emotions, and is not physically strong. Neither conforms to gendered roles that society dictates. Told through the voices of Leïli and Nils, this intimate and poignant theater piece transports the audience into the mind of young boys and girls confronting the cultural stereotypes imposed on them as they come of age.
Alliance Française de Bombay in collaboration with St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy & Performing Arts and Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
BINYA KI CHATRI
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
Sunday 23th February, 6:30 AM
Play Performance in Hindi
Directed By Geetanjali Kaul
Binya Ki Chatri is an adaptation from Ruskin Bond’s “The Blue Umbrella”. Binya gets a Blue Umbrella which is envied by each one in the whole of Garhwal. Rambharosa owns a tea stall and Shabnam, Firoz’s wife who jointly owns a Shawl Shop. Both want the umbrella and keep conspiring until one day the umbrella is stolen.
Entry Free, Only through Registration on www.sappmumbai.com
I NEED TO PEE!
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
VIKRAM AND BETAL
Saturday 29th February , 9:30 AM
An interactive storytelling
With neha singh
Based on her acclaimed book “I need to pee”, Neha will conduct an interactive storytelling session, talking about things that are taboo.
Entry Free, Only through Registration on www.sappmumbai.com
VIKRAM AND BETAL
CAPTAIN COCONUT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING BANANAS
VIKRAM AND BETAL
Saturday 29th February, 11:30 AM
Puppet and Shadow Theatre
Directed by Madhuri Kale
A presentation using Life size puppet, Dance, Drama and Shadow Puppets created especially for the young audience. All the puppets are handmade by Magical Whispers team from Recycled material
Magical Whispers Presentation
Tickets on BookMyShow
CAPTAIN COCONUT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING BANANAS
CAPTAIN COCONUT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING BANANAS
CAPTAIN COCONUT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING BANANAS
Saturday 29th February, 6:30 PM
Play Performance In English
Directed by Shaili Sathyu
Meet the ace detective Captain Coconut, whose brain can solve any mystery, large or small. In the 'Case of the Missing Bananas', Captain Coconut finds himself on a slippery trail of peels and numbers. Come see if, and how he solves the case. Maybe you could help him and his brain… Gillo Repertory Presentation
Tickets on BookMyShow
ARTS CALENDAR AND CHILDREN
CAPTAIN COCONUT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING BANANAS
CAPTAIN COCONUT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING BANANAS
Sunday 1st March, 9: 30 AM
Workshop
with Shaili Sathyu
Parents know that the arts are important for young children. But how do you plan an arts calendar for your child? Come, join this workshop to know more about how the arts can be an integral part of your life as a family. Entry Free, Only through Registration on www.sappmumbai.com
GOSHTRANG
THÉÂTRE DE PAPIER
THÉÂTRE DE PAPIER
Sunday 1st March, 11: 30 AM
Play Performance In Marathi
Directed by Geetanjali Kulkarni
Adapted from diverse literature stories will come alive in multilingual format.
Stories such a Ka Ka Kumari by Mahashweta Devi, Korika Navacha Patanga by Sharada Kolluru, Kapilene Ghetla Zhoka by Jujja and Tomas Wieslander Mul Saarya Gaavacha by – Jane Kowen Fletcher will be performed in Marathi.
Quest Presentation Entry Free, Only through Registration on www.sappmumbai.com
THÉÂTRE DE PAPIER
THÉÂTRE DE PAPIER
THÉÂTRE DE PAPIER
Tuesday 25th February,
10: 30 AM to 5: 30 PM
Workshop With Frédéric Simon
Toy theater, also called paper theater and model theater, is a form of miniature theater dating back to the early 19th century in Europe. Toy theaters were often printed on paperboard sheets and sold as kits at the concession stand of an opera house, playhouse, or vaudeville theater. The workshop is open to all those enthusiastic about Paper, Theatre, Toys and Stories
Entry Free, Only through Registration on www.sappmumbai.com
BERTOLT
THÉÂTRE DE PAPIER
BERTOLT
Sunday 1st March, 6 PM
Play Performance in English
Directed By Omkar Bhatkar
Bertolt is about a boy who enjoys playing alone, this is a story that affirms the imagination. And because the boy's best friend is an old oak, it's also a story about being an individual. And then, it's a story about loss, sorrow, and acceptance as well, But mostly it's a story about childhood and how through play and observation we come to know ourselves.
Bertolt is a parable of belonging, reconciling love and loss, and savouring solitude without suffering loneliness. Adapted from the book 'Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn.
St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy & Performing Arts
& Metamorphosis Theatre Inc Presentation
Tickets on BookMyShow
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