The two types of training programs that we have been offering till now are;
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Corporate Training Programs: a)To deepen understanding of Building Narratives, b) To slip in and out of Roles with ease and with less residues & c) To understand Behaviors and Emotions.
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We offer acting workshops for groups of actors working on a particular film. In these workshops, we train actors, both individually and as groups, on how to create authentic characters while always remembering to serve the story and the director's vision of it.
TRAININGS
Corporate Facilitation Programmes
Our Actors have been part of Organizational Development teams, that have delivered leadership programs for Corporate Companies and Educational Institutions. Our actors have designed and delivered the theatre components in these programs. Some of the institutions we have worked with are:
TCS | Colruyt | IIM-Bangalore- Executive Program | TAS | Exide Batteries | Gokuldas Garments & Exports | Gatti Logistics | Thoughtworks | Sumedhas |
Ongoing Training Programs
Our Actors are currently Working on two projects( Quest & Arrow), which are leadership programs offered by Tao for TATA Consultancy Services.
We have designed and delivered the theatre modules for both these programmes. These are created using theatrical explorations and techniques that allow for a subjective learning space. The programme Quest, now rebranded as ‘Leadership Behaviour’ is one of India’s longest running leadership programmes since 2007. We continue to be an integral part of this programme and have run almost 125 workshops from different locations, both in person and online.
Arrow now rebranded as ‘Leadership Behaviors - Intermediate’ is the programme that we started in 2020 and has been designed for remote delivery. We have completed almost 100 programmes of Arrow.
We at Maa Maram are proud to be the long term theatre partners of Tao Knoware, Chennai.
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“My interaction with the actors of Mamaram started a couple of decades ago in Koothu-p-pattarai-Chennai. Their versatility in comprehending human emotions and embodying it is extraordinary. I first began working with them as part of intense laboratory learning programmes. I then collaborated with them in Leadership development. Behaviour cannot be learnt by speaking about it, it must be learnt experientially. Members of Maa Maram-The Theatre Company are an integral part of one of India’s longest running leadership programmes “A Leader Prepares”, which I have designed for TCS. This started in 2007 and we will soon conduct its 125th version! The 5 day intensive Leadership Workshop is based on the Mahabharata and uses theatre extensively for self-reflection and embodied learning. It started as a face to face programme and has gone through changes in response to the business demands. It was redesigned for web based delivery during COVID without compromising on the theatre components, which was quite an achievement. . The actors of Mamaram have combined yoga, various martial arts, folk dances and music as well as self-reflection as part of their training for theatre. This makes them agile, talented and unique. They have also grown into very good designers of experiential learning.”
- Raghu Ananthanarayanan, Co-Founder, Ritambhara Ashram, Flame TAO Knoware and Sumedhas Academy of Human Context.He has also authored several books: Learning Through Yoga, The Totally Aligned Organization, Leadership Dharma- Arjuna the Timeless Metaphor, Organizational Development and Alignment: The Tensegrity Mandala (as co-author with Gagandeep Singh); Antaranga Yoga- The Foundation of Indian Psychology and The 5 Seats of Power.
Actor Training for Films
Our Acting workshop focuses on a few things.
We begin by working on the person/the actor herself/ himself, then the story she is part of and finally we move to work on the character or role to be portrayed.
We work this way because we feel it is most important for any actor to firstly be aware of oneself i.e. one’s thoughts, feelings, behaviours, practices and actions to name a few. Once an actor starts paying attention to one’s own patterns, it could inform the actor of why she/he makes the choice she makes. It also helps an actor to be more understanding of the character she is portraying and also of the other characters in the story. All This could contribute to the uniqueness that the actor could lend to the character she is creating.
Then we move to the script- the story itself and the character to be portrayed. We start by enabling the actor to understand and co create the Director’s vision of the story,
Finally we help the actor in breaking down and understanding the character to be portrayed. We do this through a series of exercises, working with the actor’s body, voice and imagination. Then we work on the text to help create authentic and original characters.
Some of Our actors have had long stints as Actor trainers, working in Koothu-p-Pattarai’s Acting courses.
We have done workshops for actors for the following production houses.
Tyler Darden & Kino Fist Productions- Project Amazon Prime Series- Modern Love - Chennai.
An Untitled Tamil film, for which shooting in underway- for Balloon Productions- Chennai.
TRAININGS
Having known Babu and Shantakumar for almost two decades, TDKF takes pride in being testimony to their efficiency in training talents in the areas of acting, movement and voice training. They are extremely talented, organised, time bound, skilful and dedicated. Maa Maram as they call themselves are a bunch of highly talented and dedicated artists and it’s been a pleasure knowing them and having worked with them for our recent project the Tamil web series “Modern Love -Chennai”. They have honed the skills of every artist they have trained so far and we strongly believe that they would continue to aid in creating more art and wonderful artists in the future. We wish them the very best for a beautiful and successful journey ahead with their organisation, Maa Maram-The Theatre Company.
- TDKF Is a Film production house based in Chennai, India. They have produced the Tamil film ‘Super Deluxe’ and the Ott series ‘Modern Love -Chennai’ for Amazon.