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The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), in Mumbai, India was established with a grant of Rs 4 million from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. This was later supplemented by donations from the corporate sector. Registered as a society on 8 June 1966, NCPA has also been established as a public trust, whose principal objective is to serve the cause of the performing and allied arts.
Initially, established at a temporary setup at 89 Bhulabhai Desai Road, which housed a small auditorium, listening rooms and practice facilities, inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 29 December 1969. Meanwhile, the 8-acre (32,000 m2) are was built on reclaimed land at Nariman Point where it is located today.[1]
The NCPA is also the home of the Symphony Orchestra of India.
Contents [hide]
1 Principal aims and objectives
2 The Facilities
2.1 Other facilities
3 The Performances
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Principal aims and objectives
Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra rehearse at the Jamshed Bhabha theater, NCPA before their performance
To establish a national centre for the preservation and promotion of classical, traditional and contemporary performing and visual arts.
To establish, equip and maintain schools, auditoria, libraries, archives, museums, studios, workshops and other facilities necessary to fulfil the above objectives.
To disseminate knowledge, promote appreciation, provide training and sponsor or undertake scientific research in these fields with the objective of further development by encouragement of innovation within India and by interaction with the arts of other countries.
[edit]The Facilities
Tata theater foyer
The NCPA complex occupies an area of about 32000 m2 at Nariman Point, on land reclaimed from the sea.
The three main facilities at the NCPA include the 1109 seater Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, the 1010 seater Tata Theatre and the 300 seater Experimental Theatre.
[edit]Other facilities
NCPA Apartments, Nariman Point, Mumbai.
The 200 seater Godrej Dance Academy Theatre
114 seater Little Theatre
Piramal Art Gallery
Jahengir Nicholson Gallery of Modern Art
Centre for Photography as an Art Form
The Mohile Parikh Centre for Visual Arts
The Jindal Arts Creative Interaction Centre
The Morarkha Center for Revival of Crafts
Theatre Development Centre
State of the art recording studio
N M Wadia Library
Reading and listening libraries
Studio for archival documentation of dance, drama and music
Teaching and research block
Computerised music research laboratory
Audio-visual archival vault with over 4,000 hours of recording and theatre research material, and a computerised databank for easy retrieval
The Performing Arts Circle
Membership of the Performing Arts Circle (PAC) is open to students, professionals and lovers of art. NCPA presents 40 to 50 events in its various spaces every month. Nearly half of these are free for members of the PAC. Members of the PAC have free access to the well-equipped reading and listening library of the NCPA.
NCPA Apartments, a residential building, which stand adjacent to the complex was built in 1995 by Shapoorji Pallonji.[2] Today, it is one of most expensive residential building in India,[3] in 2012 3-bedroom home was sold for over 26 crore (US$4.8 million),[4] previously in 2007, a flat here was sold for 34 crore (US$6.2 million), and at Rs 97,000 per sq ft, it was at the time, country's record residential deal to date.[5]
[edit]The Performances
Throughout the years NCPA hosted many performances including classical, traditional and contemporary performing arts in dance, theater, and music. Notable Indian performers who performed at NCPA include Vilayat Khan, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Birju Maharaj, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Mani Madhava Chakyar, Shakuntala, Smita Patil, Parveen Sultana and Shabana Azmi.[6]
NCPA has also attracted many international performers including Yehudi Menuhin, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Navoi Bolshoi Ballet of Uzbekistan,[7] Marcel Marceau, Barber of Seville opera, production of Jane Eyre,[6] and other British Council commissioned theater productions.[8] In 2006, New Jersey Ballet staged India's first full-length classical ballet with its Nutcracker production.[9][10]
