 M.A. Natya
 The Dr MGR-Janaki College of Arts and Science For Women, Chennai, is introducing a new course, M.A. Natya (Performing Arts), which is affiliated to the University of Madras.
The course is a five-year integrated course and students who successfully complete three years of study will be awarded B.A. degree in Natya. Students who opt to continue for two more years will get an M.A. in Natya. This degree will be awarded by the University of Madras and it is the first time in 150 years of the university's history that a five-year integrated M.A. course in Natya has been started, says Latha Rajendran, secretary and correspondent of the college.
Applications for the M.A. course will be issued in the college offfice from the May 16. The cost of the application and prospectus is Rs 100. The fees for the course will be Rs 14,000 per annum, payable in two instalments of Rs 8,000 and Rs 6,000. The faculty who will handle the classes for this course will be Rajshree Vasudevan (M.Phil in Performing Arts and disciple of Padma Subramaniam) and other experts from the field.
The college is located at Sathyabama MGR Maligai, 11&13, Durgabai Deshmuk Road, Chennai 600028.
Website: http://www.mgrjanaki.ac.in
 Eligibility: Candidates seeking admission to the first year of the integrated M.A. Natya course should have passed the higher secondary examination conducted by the Government of Tamil Nadu or an examination accepted as equivalent to it by the university Syndicate. An aptitude for dance and music is preferred for admission.
About the course
1. A golden opportunity to pursue Indian dance and drama academically
2. First-of-its-kind in the country
3. A capsule of the different facets of the glorious cultural heritage of India
Course content
1. Dance, music & drama (both theory and practical)
2. Allied subjects such as ancient Indian history, philosophy, architecture, sculpture, and painting & inscriptions.
Medium of instruction: English
Languages offered: Tamil, Sanskrit, Hindi and French. (in the I & II Year)
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Speciality
1. Appropriate field trips to places of actual performance, archeological survey and sculptural sites
2. Educative lectures by experts from different fields of study
3. Practical Natya covers training in theatre - exercises, voice culture,
nattuvangam, choreography, sound & lighting systems, costumes & stage designing
4. Readings from actual literary and textual sources
5. Project work on and documentation of common and rare art forms
6. New fields of research in: new choreographic techniques, art for therapy, management of art institutions, etc.
7. A fully equipped library with books, audio and videocassettes and CDs.
8. Research methodology at the M.A. level.
9. Literally an insight into the varieties of classical and folk forms of dance, music and drama.
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Opportunities awaiting after completing this course.
1 To become an outstanding-performing artiste equipped with a ‘state-of-the-art’ training given in the college - in the field of theatre and dance (individual or team performance)
2 Can start dance and theatre schools
3 Preferred academic faculty to teach arts
4 In visual media - film, TV or Doordarshan
a) As performing artistes b) Jockeys c) Event managers
d) Programme officers e) Scriptwriters f) Editors g) Review critics
5. In print media - Newspapers, journals, books
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