"What do you see?" Nandini Rao, a leader in Indian theater, shares her ideas on art appreciation through an interactive session at TEDxAJCE April 2018. Challenging society's trend of fitting art into templates, she reasons that the way one understands art should be unique and personal. Art should be felt, not analysed. Belonging to one of the oldest families that had kept theatre alive for generations, it came as no surprise when Nandini Rao became one of the rare women theatre directors in India. Her love for direction gave her many roles to play, from scripting plays to costume designing. Graduating from Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishat in Fine Arts, being trained by directors popular nationally and internationally.
Yours Truly is an improvisational and interactive theatre group based in Bangalore. They completely changed the outlook people had about theatre by bringing a new language to contemporary theatre in India using interactive theatre and theatre for change as a medium which includes the style 'Complete the Story' where a story is stopped midway and the audience is asked to suggest an ending. The actors then play it on the spot, totally impromptu. All works of Yours Truly aim to reach into that part of a person that can deeply appreciate art and uses it to create a difference in the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx