Excelsior Correspondent
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JAMMU, Dec 28: Natrang Children Winter Theatre Workshop started at Natrang Studio Theatre, here today.
The 8-day long Workshop is being conducted by Aarushi Thakur who after graduating from St Stephens College, New Delhi has done Masters from University of Leicester, U.K. and a specialized training from Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.
33 children participated on the opening day of the workshop.
Speaking on the occasion, Natrang Director, Padamshree Balwant Thakur said that “we should attempt to train children, as far as we can, to see as to look, to hear as well as to listen, to observe with knowledge and imagination; to perceive, to relate, to associate”.
He further said that Natrang offers a rarest opportunity for children to get groomed in a highly creative ambience, adding that they are given lot of artistic opportunities to explore their immense inner abilities.
The children who are participating in the Workshop include Gopi Sharma, Sanyam Gupta, Shreya Gupta, Riya Jandial, Agam Kaur, Chander Pratap Singh Bhau, Chirag Anand, Vidit Shirsh, Samyak Shirsh, Khushi Jandial, Ayn Bhola, Jasmeh Kaur, Yajur Mahajan, Divyan Sharma, Asma Gul, Vandita Sharma, Uddhav Pratap Vohra, Samrat Singh Kotwal, Aaditya Pratap Singh Charak, Atul Sharma, Sarthak Sharma, Akhil Sharma, Nikhil Sharma, Aniket K. Chakrabarty, Dev Vrat Sharma, Kriti Chauhan, Aanandita Sethi, Suditi Jamwal, Navya Jain, Ramit Sharma, Prial Tickoo, Devina Tickoo, Mihir Gujral and Mania Gujral.