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Passage II (Q. Nos. 71-75)

Street theatre in India is a well established ancient art form. Despite theproliferation of modern means of entertainment and communication, streettheatre continues to flourish in India
Street theatre as a channel of communication has for centuries beenpropagating reforms by highlighting social, economic and political issuespresent in the society. Unlike in the olden days, its performance is no longerrestricted to villages or small localities of the city. Today small groups ofperformers including students, would stage performances to mobilize publicopinion or to help create or rise awareness over a particular issue of publicimportance. Themes on substance abuse, AIDS awareness, and domesticviolence are some of the areas highlighted by contemporary street theatretroupe. Unlike in regular drama street drama employ very little props and images. The human body becomes the main tool in which choreography, mimedialogues, songs and slogans are extensively used
Street Theatre is one of the most intimate media. Its appeal is to the emotionsleading to quick psychological impact on audiences. By being local and livethey also are able to establish not only direct contact with the audience butby being cost-effective and flexible they are popular among all age groups
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