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Uttam
Chakraborty,
1997
A celebrated traditional player of Bengali music, Uttam Chakraborty has
served as a music consultant and composer for Aranyak Nattya Dal. In addition
to his classical ragas, Mr. Chakraborty is known for his improvisational
talents and his innovative flute technique. A key music consultant, composer,
and performer for the highly acclaimed production of Joyjoyanty,
he is also an accomplished performer on the tabla and the harmonium. Mr.
Chakraborty has worked as a cultural worker with the Bangla German Sampreeti
for three years, as assistant musical director with the Bangla Theatre,
and as secretary to Mamur Raschid, dramatist and artistic director of
Aranyak Nattya Dal. He has been a member of Aranyak since 1985.
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"I can share my experiences, thoughts and ways of action regarding
street theatre, liberated theatre and the traditional forms of Bangladesh
with the artists at APPEX."
Azad Abul Kalam |
Azad
Abul Kalam, 1996,
1997
As an actor and director in three major Bangladeshi theatre companies,
he has toured internationally throughout Europe and India. His directing
credits include numerous Bangladesh theater productions and a unique indigenous
adaptation of ‘Oliver Twist’ translated into the Bangla language.
He has participated in theater workshops given by a range of international
theater figures, including Francis Cervantes, Clive Barker and Dan Chumley,
and acted in a production of the Wole Soyinke play ‘Strong Breed’.
Mr. Kalam has a deep commitment to the use of theatre in education and
conducts an ongoing series of theater workshops for children throughout
Bangladesh. He has an M.A. degree in Mass Communication and Journalism.
M. Fazlur Rahman,
1996, 1997
Since
1983, Mr. Rahman has been a core member of the Aranyak Natya Dal theatre
company as an actor, musician and cultural worker. He has toured Europe,
India and Thailand with the company and has composed music for several
theatrical productions. His firm grounding in Bangladesh folk music forms
such as Pala has informed his own creative musical work for the
Bangladeshi theater. In 1993, Mr. Rahman presented a workshop on the use
of Bangladeshi Folk Music in Theatre at the Asian People’s Theatre
Festival and has taught theater workshops throughout Bangladesh.
 Faiz
Zahir,
1997
Faiz Zahir is an actor, director, set and costume designer, animator,
and cultural worker. He holds a B.A. in humanities from the University
of Dhaka. Mr. Faiz has been a grassroots activist since 1980; he was the
founder of Probash Natya Dal, a theater group organized by immigrant communities
based in Rome, Italy, and is an organizer with Mukto Natok Dal, a national
theater organization working in rural Bangladesh. In addition, he manages
and coordinates a radio magazine for rural and urban listeners, and creates
television and audiovisual material on development issues. Mr. Zahir has
participated in the Festival celebrating the ninetieth birthday anniversary
of Bertolt Brecht in Germany took part in the Second Asian People's Theatre
Festival in Hong Kong. He is an active member of Aranyak Nattya Dal and
directed, designed, and acted in the recent productions Joyjoyanti,
Lebedev, and Halum Halum.
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