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Founded in 1965 [**in the 1950s says [[Ronnie Govender]]] by [[Ronnie Govender]], ** and **,  under the aegis of and in response to visits and workshops led by New York based Indian director [[Krisha Shah]] in 1963. Housed in the ***, it was meant to foster non-racial theatre. While the approach relied heavily on the realist tradition of the 1960s New York theatre, much of what was later to be called [[Indic Theatre]] developed in this academy.
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Founded in 1965 [**in the 1950s says [[Ronnie Govender]]] by [[Ronnie Govender]], ** and **,  under the aegis of and in response to visits and workshops led by New York based [[Indian theatre|Indian]] director [[Krisha Shah]] in 1963. Housed in the ***, it was meant to foster non-racial theatre. While the approach relied heavily on the realist tradition of the 1960s New York theatre, much of what was later to be called [[Indic theatre]] developed in this academy.
  
  

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Founded in 1965 [**in the 1950s says Ronnie Govender] by Ronnie Govender, ** and **, under the aegis of and in response to visits and workshops led by New York based Indian director Krisha Shah in 1963. Housed in the ***, it was meant to foster non-racial theatre. While the approach relied heavily on the realist tradition of the 1960s New York theatre, much of what was later to be called Indic theatre developed in this academy.


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