Ms Shanta SERBJEET SINGH
shanta_singh_serbjeet@yahoo.com
Chairperson
The Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network, APPAN (INTERNATIONAL), India
Ms Shanta Serbjeet Singh is one of the most senior critics/columnists of the arts in India. In 2001, she was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi. As the dance critic for The Hindustan Times since l972, a contributor to most of the major newspapers and publications of India and the arts columnist for The Economic Times for 25 years (1970 to 1995), she has made a seminal contribution to the shaping of cultural policy and growth of the arts in the country. She is also a filmmaker, making documentaries like The Devadasi Parampara and Culture of Ladakh, and a music composer of several films and television serials (Himalaya Darshan, Himalaya Watch, Kashmir).
As international Chair for APPAN, (The Asia-Pacific Performing Arts Network), a platform for bringing together performing artistes of the entire region set up under the aegis of UNESCO in 2000, she has organized major Conferences-Arts encounters.
A well-known author of several books, such as THE FIFTIETH MILESTONE; A FEMININE CRITIQUE, (Published by Sterling Publishers), NANAK, THE GURU and AMERICA & YOU, her latest book INDIAN DANCE: THE ULTIMATE METAPHOR was released by the Prime Minister in early 2000.
She holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Berkeley, California and earlier did her B.A. in English (Hons) from Calcutta University and another A.B. in Political Science from the University of Ohio.
The Role of Healing In the Arts: Using Creativity As A Tool for Delivering Health to Our Fractured Societies
This concept is based on the significant field work as well as academic work done by APPAN (The Asia-Pacific Performing Arts Network) on the theme of using creativity, based on both traditional art forms as well as contemporary genres, to promote individual and community health.
APPAN’s preparation for this work came through eight international conferences organized all over Asia. Most significantly, it has come through a unique project conceptualized by APPAN in delivering stress therapy to post-tsunami and other disaster-hit regions such as the earthquake devastated parts of Indonesia, all through 2005 and 2006. With the support of the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok, the APPAN artistes and volunteers organized field visits by specially trained, therapeutic teams of dancers, puppeteers and theatre workers to sites in three countries, Indonesia, Thailand and India. Its success has encouraged two follow-up workshops in Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean and more such work is in different stages of execution.
APPAN’s preparation for this work of social empowerment came through eight international conferences organized all over Asia. They were intensive explorations, at two levels, the academic and the performative. They have looked at the paradigm of creativity in fresh ways and will enable interactions between the hitherto insular creative community and social sectors such as doctors and scientists.
Shanta SERBJEET SINGH 女士
Shanta SERBJEET SINGH女士是印度一位極資深的藝術專欄作家及評論家。她為印度各大報章撰文，1970 至1995年間為經濟時報的專欄作家。她是亞太表演藝術網絡(APPAN)的國際主席。她也是著名的作家及電影人。曾於加爾各答大學、加州柏克萊大學及俄亥俄大學受教育。
藝術療傷作用 – 以創意醫治破碎社會
此理念源於APPAN的研究和經驗，以創意推動個人和社區的健康。APPAN的經驗建基於八個國際會議。最重要的是於2005 至 2006年期間對海嘯、地震災區如印尼的某些地區提供創傷後治療，此計劃得聯合國教科文組織支持，APPAN的特訓藝人、舞者、木偶師和劇團訪問印尼、泰國和印度等地。這些活動也有助社區增權。
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