Abhinay School of Performing Arts

Abhinay School of Performing Arts
Formation2009
TypeNGO
Registration no.72 253 204 366 (ABN)
Legal statusCharity
PurposeCulture and education related to Indian subcontinental theatre arts
Location
Coordinates33°57′14.1″S 151°8′16″E / 33.953917°S 151.13778°E / -33.953917; 151.13778
President
Aishveryaa Nidhi
Artistic director
Aishveryaa Nidhi
Chairman
J Mohan
Treasurer
Raj Dixit[1]
Websitewww.abhinay.com.au
Formerly called
Abhinay Theatre[2]

Abhinay School of Performing Arts is a nonprofit charity school based in Sydney, Australia which was founded in 2009 to promote art and culture from the Indian subcontinent in Australia. As of 2013 the school reported having trained over 200 people in dance and theatre arts.[3] Abhinay means "the art of performing" in Sanskrit. Playwright Alex Broun has conducted play-writing workshops with the school for the Indian community,[4] and the school takes part in the yearly Short and Sweet festival he is associated with. The school's president and artistic director is Aishveryaa Nidhi.[5]

Acting workshops focus on dialogue delivery, speech analysis, and body language.[6] Abhinay promotes multiculturalism, and has collaborated with the Hurstville City Council to increase community participation.[7] The school also promotes the Hindi language through instructional classes and live performances.[3]

  1. ^ "Executive Committee". Abhinay.com.au. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ^ "AbhinayTheatre". Abhinay.com.au. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Galinovic, Maria. "Nurturing Hindi culture". The Leader. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ^ Revo, Rohit (19 May 2010). "There is little chance you are going to be discovered sitting in your lounge room". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ Amit Sarwal. "aishveryaa nidhis cinema and theatre dreams". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ Anand, Shitika (13 July 2013). "Multicultural: 8 quirky outings to 8 countries -- in Australia". Travel CNN. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Indradhanush – Australian collection of Hindi Plays". Indian Herald (Australia). 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.