Scenography in Indian Theatre: Sharing Aesthetics of Light and Sound
Dr. Gagandeep, Assistant Professor, Department of Drama. Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Abstract In Indian theatre, Scenography may be new as a term; but surely not as a concept. The centrality of light and sound in a theatre performance has always been accepted but the unified approach has often been avoided. The paper argues for the idea of that forgotten unified approach comparing the individual aesthetics of the two important elements of performance making, light and sound. This comparison tries to underline the shared space of the aesthetics of these two elements in the process of making of a performance. Transgressing the boundaries and entering the shared space of performance making, with logical sensitivity of course; paves the way towards an enriched performance. Keywords Theatre, Scenography, Light, Sound, Aesthetics, Performance ‘The term scenography is of Greek origin (skēnē, meaning ‘stage or scene building’; grapho, meaning ‘to describe’) originally detailed within Aristotle’s Poetics as Read More …