MISFiT to host Start to Consider, an performing workshop, in Bengaluru

Vishal Nayer and the troupe of MISFit
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Have you ever ever needed to behave however felt such as you didn’t have what it takes? Start to Consider, an performing workshop by Bengaluru-based Vishal Nayer, is all about banishing these notions.

A six-weekend course, Start to Consider will make performing accessible for everybody — from newbies to these seeking to reconnect with the love of performing.

A pastime reworked

For Vishal Nayer, performing was one thing he discovered whereas working within the software program trade. In 2007, he was looking for an performing course that would match into his work schedule when he found MISF!T (My Curiosity Stays Firmly in Theatre), an performing studio based by Ratan Thakore Grant in Bengaluru.

“Ratan based this performing studio in 2001, within the perception that anybody might act,” says Vishal. “His purpose was to maintain it language-free. MISF!T wasn’t about studying traces and delivering them properly, however about making performing inclusive. There have been no fastened languages and other people from all walks of life got here collectively to study, develop, and carry out.

In contrast to standard BFA or MFA applications which take two to a few years, Ratan structured the programs in a means that made studying easy but profound. “Ratan used to show in a straightforward means, with course content material unfold over two hours for 2 to a few months. It was later revamped right into a extra structured weekend course,” says Vishal, who attended a number of Degree 1 and Degree 2 programs at MISF!T.

Vishal Nayer
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Quickly, his curiosity grew from a pastime to a ardour, and he was aiding Ratan in directing, mentoring college students, and conducting workshops in colleges and communities.

“Ratan at all times inspired me to show. That made me take up this accountability and proceed his legacy after he handed away in 2021. I additionally felt that I ought to give one thing again to society, and that’s what made all of us renew MISF!T, which nearly shut store through the pandemic.”

Perks of occurring stage

In 2022, Vishal determined to design a course to assist deal with points that almost all actors confronted with their craft. He referred to as it Degree 2.1, which later grew to become Start to Consider.

“There are two ranges in Start to Consider. Whereas Degree One is concerning the enjoyable of performing, the place you study the foundations, Degree Two focuses on superior performing methods.”

The upcoming workshop is a Degree One and contributors who full the workshop, develop into part of the MISF!T group, Vishal says. “The specialty of this group is its vibrancy. It’s a household of craft lovers, impressed by the legacy of Ratan Thakore Grant.”

Anudeep Yegireddy, founding father of a startup within the metropolis, who was in Start to Consider’s Degree One batch in 2024, says the session honed greater than his performing abilities. “The workshop taught me performing, and performing taught me empathy. Not the faux sort the place you mimic, however the true kind the place you see the sweetness in folks. Now, I’m much less afraid to be silly and am extra observant of others.”

“Even at work, I construct higher merchandise as a result of I now empathise with customers as an alternative of forcing my concepts on them. Most significantly, I’ve develop into much less apprehensive of individuals and am studying to benefit from the firm of others.”

The subsequent batch of Start to Consider commences on March 22 and will likely be held at TRIBHER, Koramangala. Name 77382 76736 to register.