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Darpana is a centre for the arts in Ahmedabad, India, started in 1949 by space scientist Vikram Sarabhai and legendary dancer choreographer Mrinalini Sarabhai, to teach the arts and to propagate Indian arts through performances. Since 1977 Dr Mallika Sarabhai, dancer, actor, publisher, writer, social activist ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ted.com/speakers/mallika_sarabhai )〕 has been its Director. The institution focuses on teaching the arts, being a centre for the study of folk, tribal, classical and contemporary dance, theatre, movement, puppetry and music. Darpana’s other focus area is the use of the arts for social change through many different types of interventions at the grass roots as well as with policy and decision makers and the general public. Darpana for Change has worked in the fields of women’s empowerment, violence against women, the environment, issues of violence and human rights through live interactions and through the use of film and video, through broadcast and social media. ==History== In the revival of South Indian classical dance in the last century the two names at the forefront are those of Rukmini Devi Arundale and Mrinalini Sarabhai. Both from highly educated and evolved families, they not only performed, but wrote about the art forms, giving them the respect and value that they deserved. In the year 1942, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the scion of the illustrious Sarabhai family, married Mrinalini Sarabhai (then Swaminadhan), a celebrated classical dancer and couple moved to Ahmedabad. Mrinalini Sarabhai didn’t particularly want to start an institution, though she had started a career as a solo classical dancer. In order to impart training to the local community and to have a group of locally groomed dancers, it was Dr. Vikram Sarabhai suggested starting a dance academy. Thus Darpana was founded in the year 1949 in Ahmedabad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darpana Academy of Performing Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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