THEATRE FOR ALL | Lecture Series on "Basics of Speech"
by Hema Singh, Associate Professor, National School of Drama
Amazing speech on the subject. Not only the actors but commoners can benefit too. This may definitely help one for communication and personality improvement.
I have now learned how to use breath as part of my acting, expressing emotions.
HEMA SINGH (Actor, Trainer, Director and Writer)
Hema Singh a well known actor and a graduate of National School of Drama , has worked with NSD Repertory Company for 10 years, essaying several major roles in different styles of theatre, under eminent National and International directors such as Ebrahim Alkazi, Richard Schechner, B.V. Karanth ,K.N. Pannikar, K.V.Subbanna, Habib Tanveer, B.M.Shah, Anuradha Kapur, Mohan Mahirshi, Fritz Benewitz, Amal Allanna, D.R. Ankur and M.K.Raina. She has also worked with eminent Film Directors such as Majid Majidi , Shyam Benegal and M.S. Sathyu .Her portrayal of 'Imarti Devi'in a T.V. Serial fetched her' Indian Television Academy Award' for the Best Actress.
As a Director she has done innovative work in the field of Parsi Theatre and Presentation of Poetry on stage. Her directed remarkable Poetry Presentations are NSD Repertory Company's' Hum KaunThe ,Kaya Ho Gaye Hain,Aur Kaya Honge Abhi' based on the National Poet Maithileesharan Gupta's poems and 'Vinash Ke Viruddh' based on Modern Hindi Poet Raghuvir Sahay's poems, with Shri Ram Centre Repertory Company .She has assisted famous Parsi Style actor-director Master Fida Hussain' Narsi' for about 5 years, She was invited by Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, U.K.( Wales, Cardiff) to do a Parsi Style work with British actors. Has participated with a Parsi Style production at Shanghai ( China) at APB Theatre Festival and at BRICS Festival at Moscow. Has done Fellowship from Ministry of HRD on Parsi Style, titled 'Parsi Style--Possibilities'. Has done at least 25 Parsi Style Productions with NSD, SRC, M.P .Drama School, Miranda House and with her own Theatre Group 'BHAS'.
She has written analytical articles on theatre , translated Cicly Berry's book 'Voice and the Actor' and was Theatre Critic of 'Jansatta' a Hindi news paper. Since last 27 years she has taught Voice and Speech , Acting and Parsi Theatre at NSD and at various Theatre Institutes of India . She has extencively travelled abroad, have performed and conducted workshops . She is a member of VASTA( Voice and Speech Trainers Association) and has taken master classes at VASTA Singapore. She taught Acting at NSD for 18 years.
She was awarded with NSD's prestigious 'Manohar Singh Smriti Award in 2008. She is a recipient of Central Sangeet Natak Acadmy Award -2017 for Theatre Acting.
Image Courtesy Hema Singh
