3. South Indian Bronzes

4. Rama in Exile (Chamba Ramayana) is in its final stages and is expected to be out soon.

The following multicolour reproductions are expected to be out soon :

1. Himmat Shah

2. Surya Prakash

3. Sunil Das

4. Redappa Naidu

5. Paritosh Sen

Hindi Publications

The following publications in Hindi have already come out :

1. Monographs on Ram Kinkar Vaij

2. Monographs on Binode-Behari-Mukherjee

3. Hindi Journal 'Samkaleen Kala'

4. New issue of information Release in Hindi

Lectures

1. The American Artist, Cleave Gray delivered an illustrated lecture on 'Post Realism'.

2. The French Sculptor Claude Visseux projected two films on his work and showed 200 slides of his sculptures.

3. Andrew Logan, British Pop Sculptor, showed a film on his performances with People and Objects.

4. Professor Roy Crevan; Director of the Florida University Art Gallery, gave an illustrated talk on 'Indian Artefacts in Florida collections'.

Films

1. The Akademi commissioned to shoot one 16 mm film as well as a Video Film of 20 minutes on the Fifth Triennale-India. of Contemporary World Art.

2. Film on Showmen of Rajasthan, has already been completed.

Regional Centres

1. The construction of building for Regional Centre at Lucknow is almost complete and the Akademi proposes to start operating the workshop very soon.

2. The construction work of the building in the second phase in Madras has already been commenced.

3. The land and the studies at Keytala Lane for establishment of a Regional Centre at Calcutta has already been transferred in favour of the Lalit Kala Akademi. The Regional Centre at Calcutta will start functioning very soon.

4. The land for the Regional Centre at Bhubaneswar has since been transferred in the name of the Lalit Kala Akademi.

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National School of Drama, New Delhi

The National School of Drama was established with the object of promoting in India a vibrant theatre movement of contemporary relevance which would take root in the traditions and the cultural diversities of the country. Today, the School is linked to comparative theatre developments in the world. It teaches a three year Diploma Course in Dramatic Arts to talented and enthusiastic young theatre workers.

The School has on its rolls 68 students besides the, teaching, technical and administrative staff.

From the current academic session, School has introduced specialisation viz. Acting and Production. During the first 18 months of the three years course, students are expected to undergo general training in dramatic arts For the remaining 18 months, students are expected to go in for specialisation. In this context, 15 students are undergoing training in acting specialisation and 8 students are doing specialisation in production. In order to augment the specialisation, a number of visiting experts are invited from all over the world. Shri Roshan Seth has done a specialisation course in Voice and Speech whereas Shri Warner Khun has conducted a course on Acting Process and Movement in the School. Similarly, Acting Oriented production is in progress under the direction of Prof. Fritz Benniwitz, an expert who has visited the School under the Indo-GDR Cultural Exchange Programme. In addition, the following special courses were organised by the School during the current academic session :

(1) Special Course in Mechanical Drawing under the direction of Shri Dev Mohapatra.

(2) Workshop on Speech and Acting under the direction of Shri Panchanana Pathak.

(3) Training in Martial Arts under the direction of Shri Singhjit Singh.

(4) Kathak Bhavabhinaya Lecture- demonstration by Guru Birju Maharaj.

(5) Workshop on Puppet making under the direction of Shri A. P. C. Arakhel.

(6) Training in Chehau movements under the direction of Shri Krishna Nayak.

(7) Training in Kathakali Facial Expressions and Movements under the direction of Shri Balakrishnan.

The activities of the School are also exhibited through its extension programmes. Under this programme, Repertory Company of the School has produced plays like "Mahabhoj" under, the direction of Suit. Anal Allana, "Tughlaq". under the direction of Shri Prasanna and later under the direction or Shri E. Alkazi, Ex.-Director of the School and "Jasma Odan" under the direction of Miss Shanta Gandhi. "Jasma Odan" and "Tughlaq" have been sent to London as one of the entries for participation in the Art Festival of India being held at London. On its way to London, the Reper- tory Company gave the performances of the play "Jasma Odan" in the GDR and on its way back to India, it will give the performances of the plays at Poland. During the Asian Gaines, the Company repeated the performances of its plays. From January-May, 1983, the Repertory Company shall pro- duce two now plays--one under the direction of Shri Richard Sochechner from the USA and the second under the direction of an Indian expert.

During the period-under review, the School has started a new project entitled "Pilot Project for one year towards evaluating a system for the discovery of "INDIANNESS" in Theatre". The project is being started in collaboration with the School of Drama, and Calicut University. To begin with, work will be done on the popular forms of Kerala "THEYYAM" and "MUDYETTU". Four Apprentice Fellows shall be participating in the project besides the local groups and the experts,

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