A film, made in the industrial city of Ahmedabad, North India, that looks at the activities of an unusual theatre school and centre of the performing arts -
The Darpana Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Puppetry under its director Mrinalini Sarabhai with the Drama Group head Kailash Pandya and the Puppet Group director Meher Contractor and the Ras Mandal Folk Dancers
Dance: "We now have more than 200 girls and boys - there's even a Saturday babies' class".
Music: "The sitar class is the most popular".
Puppetry: "Often when we perform in the villages we're told "oh, you're casting an evil eye," but it's a very good form of mass communication - puppets can convey subtle things".
Drama: "We can never have long runs with serious plays... in India life is so serious".
Commentary spoken by Gareth Forwood

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