Dr.Prabhath Bhaskaran , (on Sabbatical Leave to Japan)

Area of Specialization:

Cross cultural theatre practices.

1. Collaborating with theatre Roots and Wings (an international theatre group from Kerala) from the year of 2008.
2. Directing and acting with Japanese Music life (JML) Tokyo from the year of 2006
3. Collaborating with ITFOK ( International Theatre Festival of Kerala ) from the year of 2010

Classical Indian dramaturgy and Yogic Practice.

1. Evolving the practice of Natyasastra in connection with Yogic Practice on ancient India
2. Doing collective research on Indian classical and folk dramaturgy and Tantric Practices 

Autonomous actor training with kalaripayattu (South Indian martial art) and Zen philosophy

1. Learning Kalaripayattu from the age of seven and teaching in relation with the awareness of an autonomous actor training around the world.
2. Researching on the relationship between the performing arts of Kerala and Kalaripayattu.

Area of Interest: 

Interested in how theatre shapes and is shaped by society.

1. Started Bharatha theatre in the year of 1990 at Calicut university (Kerala)
2. Travelled extensively in north east region of India for giving training to young theatre practitioners with the help of National School of Drama New Delhi.
3. Guiding “Velipadai” Theatre Group in Pondicherry from the year of 2012
4. Working with tribes in Kerala from the year of 2013
5. Collaborating and teaching with Theatre Professionals (Mumbai) from 2009

Keen on the harmony of audience and actor in performance practice.

1. Practicing theatre in connection with both political and technical aspects of creating harmony in-between audience and actors’

Aesthetic-critical and socio-historical approaches of performance-art making.

1. Learning and practicing Butoh (Japan) from the year of 2005 in connection with a parallel aesthetic concept.
2. Conducting workshops on performance art making in relation with the suppressed bodies and its liberations.

Thrust Areas:

Exercising the Theatre of Quietude.

1. Evolving and directing theatre productions for peace and brotherhood.

Novelty and poetry of an organic movement in theatre.

1. Practicing collectively in both organic farming and theatre practice as the tradition of world  theatre movement

Spiritual potentiality in Asian theatre practices.

1. Learning and teachings of spiritual practices in relation with theatre practice of Asian continental

Major Productions: 

• Cycle Yajna an evolved performance at Pondicherry -2015. http://cycleyajna.blogspot.in/
• ‘Man woman and dog’ written by Indira Parthasarathy, Pondicherry university-2015
• ‘Clouds’ an evolved production with the Probationers of National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics, New Delhi-2014
• ‘Act without word 11’ written by Samuel Becket, Pondicherry-2014
• ‘Attempts on her life’ written by Martin Crimp, Pondicherry university-2013
• ‘Time of your life’ a production based on Karnabharam of Bhasa Kavi evolved with Tomoe Tara, JML Tokyo-2013
• ‘ The Run’ written by Sanker V, Theatre Professionals, Mumbai-2012
• Homo sapiens  an evolved production with Pondicherry university students-2011
• ‘Homeless people’ an evolved work with Pondicherry university students-2010
• ‘Omni bus of Samuel bucket’, three short plays written by Samuel bucker, Trissur Kerala-2010
• ‘ Coffee Guru’ an evolved production based on the short story of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer with Sadhana India International workshop group from Chile, India  and Argentina-2009
• ‘Last Breath’ an evolved work with Kazo Ohno Butoh Studio, Yokohama, Tokyo-2007
• ‘That was my heart’ an evolved work with Tomoe Tara,JML, Tokyo-2007
• ‘Food for the soul’ a Butoh performance at University of Hyderabad-2007
•  ‘ Kerala Hotel Koothu’ an evolved production with Tomoe Tara JML, Tkyo-2006

Lectures delivered in India / Abroad:

• Plenary lectures -National-12 International-6
• Invited talks National-10, International-5
• Contributed oral presentations - 15
• Poster presentations - 2
• Only attendance National-5, International-2