Putani Express was a customised workshop which was created by PraKaSam for a group of 11 children and was conducted at Kala Soudha. P D Sathish Chandra and Kriti Bettadh conceputalised the workshop. The whole workshop was conducted by Kriti Bettadh and the final performance was staged at Kala Soudha.
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| The children of the workshop having some fun. More pics by Karthik are HERE |
This is a unique concept performance directed by Kriti Bettadh for Pra.Ka.Sam’s on demand children workshop. The workshop was held between January to March 2011 and comprised of 20 sessions. The aim of this workshop was to give equal importance to all participants and create a collage of performances to be staged in KH Kala Soudha. The performance is on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 7 pm. Itinerary of the day was as follows.
| # | Time | Activities |
| 1 | 1400 | Assembly at KH Kala Soudha |
| 2 | 1415 | Start of rehearsals |
| 3 | 1615 | First break |
| 4 | 1630 | Start of rehearsals |
| 5 | 1730 | Makeup & costumes |
| 6 | 1800 | Show introduction |
| 7 | 1815 | Krishna dance |
| 8 | 1820 | Certificates part1 |
| 9 | 1830 | Train dance |
| 10 | 1835 | Certificates part2 |
| 11 | 1845 | Use Dustbin skit |
| 12 | 1855 | Certificates part3 |
| 13 | 1905 | Elements dance |
| 14 | 1910 | Conclusion & thanks speech by Kriti |
Krithi Bettadh the resource person for the workshop said - PUTTANI EXPRESS a wonderful and greatest opportunity provided to me by Mr.P.D.Satish Chandra under the banner of Pra Ka Sam. PUTTANI EXPRESS a theatre workshop for kids which concentrated on performing art such as acting, dance, painting, crafts. This workshop was framed mainly on the basis of equal importance to all kids and kids will be put in the process of learning and gaining confidence, alertness, and boldness, and providing opportunity to explore their interest and skills in front of audience. It was consisted of exercises related to acting like memory games, body language classes, and concentration games and exercises related to dance like rhythm classes, etc. all these classes helped for final event of workshop. Finally it was a great event consisted of 3 dance and 1 skit.
Varsha who sent us a one line mail expressing her opinion said "Putani Express was rocking :) .We all indeed had a pleasant evening and I need not have to justify the fact.Many thanks for the customized workshop.Will look forward to pursue mutual interests. Wishing you all the best and for your team at KH kala soudha"
More pics by Karthik are HERE
