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Education
is the quest to find the truth and to develop the
ability to express it. Theatre and Performing Arts
comprises the means and provide avenues to express the
same. Verbal expression is the first miracle of creative
expression and it is also the most intimate of all. When
students develop the confidence and vision to express
their mind verbally, the quest to find the truth becomes
deeper and richer. The key is for students to learn that
true expression is not repetition from memory but
feeling, thinking and perceiving the nuances, and then
crafting the same into their own original words and in
their own unique ways of speaking and communicating.
If
it is written creativity, be it poetry, fiction, drama,
song or speech, words hold the key to the search for
truth and bring forth its fulfilment. If a student is
exposed to the richest spoken and written communication
in the early years of education, they will internally
realize the potential of those words and this will
reflect when the student begins to express inner
feelings verbally. They will be inspired, guided, and
challenged by the words they have absorbed in those
early years. Thus we expose young students to the best
of poetry, fiction, drama and music as a sound start to
fulfilling theatre education. Gradually students are
provoked to express themselves while retaining the
student's unique personality and original creativity at
the centre of all the guidance. Recitations, songs,
plays, debates, dances are all directed under the
guidance of teachers who feel deeply for the students
and for their inner thoughts. |