Dr. Prabhath Bhaskaran

Chance Meeting Anandam (India)

Dr Prabhath Bhaskaran – a farmer, actor and theatre maker – worked as an Assistant Professor at the performing arts department at Pondicherry University. He also served as the center head of Mahe Center community college of Pondicherry University. Dr Bhaskaran has been learning and teaching multiple forms in order to develop the actors’ autonomy in performance, most notably practising Kalaripayattu since childhood and Japanese Butoh for more than a decade. Prabhath is based out of Japan, where he works exclusively with farmers and artists to understand the natural way of farming, cooking and serving as part of theatre-making. His farm, called Chance Meeting Anandam, is a performance art practice and research center in Tokigawa village (Japan) and primarily focuses on sustainable life and cross cultural performance making without any boundaries. Prabhath has been awarded the University Potential Eligibility award by University Grants Commission for his study in Noh theatre in Japan as part of PhD research (2004). He has also received a Gold Medal in Master of Performing Arts Direction (MPA) at MPA Theatre Arts (2002-04).