Division | Sub-Divisions | Detailed Syllabus |
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DANCE | A1: Kathak | Brief history of other dance styles in India, Acquaintance of Gharana of Kathak dance, Rasa, Knowledge of the relevant terms, Technical terminology of the dance form. |
| A2: Bharatanatyam Dance | History of the chief contributors of the past Dance form, Traditional costumes, make-up, and the Dance style opted. |
| A3: Kuchipudi Dance | Traditional dance forms of the region, Chief exponents of the dance form, Formats used in Kuchipudi |
| A4: Odissi Dance | Three styles of Chhau, Lives and contributions of the three Gurus, Natya Shastra, Abhinaya Darpana, and Abhinaya Chandrika, ABHINAYA, Rasa |
| A5: Manipuri Dance | Past and present exponents of the dance form, Contents of Abhinaya Darpana. |
| A6: Kathakali Dance | Life history of masters of the dance form, Hastha Lakshana Deepika and Natyasasthra. |
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Section B |
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DRAMA-THEATRE | Modern And Contemporary Indian Theater | Modern and contemporary styles and works in Hindi/English |
| Modern And Western Theater | Survey of major contemporary styles and works in English or English translation |
| Theatre Production – Management And Performance | Readings on Theatre management and marketing |
| Survey Of Acting Theory And Practice | Reading Stanislavsky, Strasberg, and Readings on play production |
| Theatre Production | History of theatre architecture, and Readings on production design-colour theory. |
| Developing And Documenting The Research Project | Research projects in different aspects of theater. |
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Section C |
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MUSIC | C1: Hindustani Melodic | Brief study of Gram, Murchhana, Varna, Alankar, Alap, Tana, Gamak, Meend, Kan, Khatka, Murki, krintan, Zamzama, Ghaseet, Sut, Classification of Ragas, Development of the Time Theory of Ragas, Detail study of Sangeet Ratnakar and Sangeet Parijat, and Life Sketch and Contribution of Abdul Halim Zafa, Inayat Khan, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Alauddin Khan |
| C1: Hindustani Vocal | Detailed study and life sketches of some of the masters of this field. |
| C2: Carnatic Music (Melodic Instrumental) | Detailed study and life sketches of some of the masters of this field. |
| C2: Carnatic Music (Vocal) | Contributions of Kshetrajna, Annamacharya, Gopalakrishna Bharati, Swati Tirunal, Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer, Patanam Subramanya Aiyar. Study of musical forms and Manodharma Sangita. Definition of Prabandham, Janaka-Janya ragas, Upanga, Bhashanga Varja, Vakra ragas, Gamakas, Arudi, Eduppu. |
| C3: Rabindra Sangeet | Knowledge of the Akar Matrik Notation System, and Life Sketch of Rabindranath Tagore, Girish Chandra Ghosh, Kaji Nazrul Islam and Atul Prasad Sen |
| C4: Percussion Instrumental (Mridangam) | Granthas with reference to Tala and percussion in Sangita Ratnakara, Chaturdandi Prakashika and Ragavibhodha, Svaramela Kalanidhi. |