Puppetry, Dance, and Indigo Dyeing
InterPlay in India
Arts and Cultural Immersion with InterPlay
Vibhuti Aggarwal,
Agnotti Cowie,
Sukhmani Kohli, and
Vishal Singh
India
November 16th - November 23rd
We are excited to announce an InterPlay-full arts and cultural immersion in India in November 2025 from 17th-23rd. A week-long InterPlay immersion is being hosted in Udaipur, Rajasthan in collaboration with InterPlay leaders in India.
Udaipur, is a cultural city in the north of India. It's also called the "City of Lakes," with a breathtaking blend of royal heritage, artistic traditions, and scenic beauty. Surrounded by the Aravalli Hills, its grand palaces, serene lakes, and historic temples reflect Rajasthan’s rich culture. The city is known for its intricate miniature paintings, handwoven textiles, and vibrant festivals.
Through the retreat, along with InterPlay sessions, participants would also get an opportunity to experience and dip their feet into local art forms like puppetry, indigo dyeing and learn a rajasthani dance form.
The week would be a mix of guided tours through the city, to temples and palaces, learning art forms and doing InterPlay! We can also guide people to continue their journey to other cities while in India by providing recommendations and best tips. We can even connect you with others coming to the program in order to travel together.
The leaders of the program will be launching a Life Practice Program before this Untensive so participants from that will be invited to come play and connect.
Local InterPlay leaders Sukhmani Kohli, Wishal Singh are from the city itself and would help organize a very local cultural experience. All four leaders have a love for clown and performance. The last session of the Untensive will be an informal performance and celebration, using InterPlay to share in the magic of spontaneously sharing movement, storytelling and voice.
More details to follow soon, Save the dates for now!
And if you are interested to join us, send your interest to Agnotti.
Submit a deposit of $150 to reserve your spot in the program.
Balances will be due by November 3rd, 2025.
Payment plans can be started now - contact Lucia at office@interplay.org for questions/information.
Payments are refundable (minus $25 processing fees) through August 15.
After August 15, tuition paid is not refundable.
Udaipur, is a cultural city in the north of India. It's also called the "City of Lakes," with a breathtaking blend of royal heritage, artistic traditions, and scenic beauty. Surrounded by the Aravalli Hills, its grand palaces, serene lakes, and historic temples reflect Rajasthan’s rich culture. The city is known for its intricate miniature paintings, handwoven textiles, and vibrant festivals.
Through the retreat, along with InterPlay sessions, participants would also get an opportunity to experience and dip their feet into local art forms like puppetry, indigo dyeing and learn a rajasthani dance form.
The week would be a mix of guided tours through the city, to temples and palaces, learning art forms and doing InterPlay! We can also guide people to continue their journey to other cities while in India by providing recommendations and best tips. We can even connect you with others coming to the program in order to travel together.
The leaders of the program will be launching a Life Practice Program before this Untensive so participants from that will be invited to come play and connect.
Local InterPlay leaders Sukhmani Kohli, Wishal Singh are from the city itself and would help organize a very local cultural experience. All four leaders have a love for clown and performance. The last session of the Untensive will be an informal performance and celebration, using InterPlay to share in the magic of spontaneously sharing movement, storytelling and voice.
More details to follow soon, Save the dates for now!
And if you are interested to join us, send your interest to Agnotti.
Submit a deposit of $150 to reserve your spot in the program.
Balances will be due by November 3rd, 2025.
Payment plans can be started now - contact Lucia at office@interplay.org for questions/information.
Payments are refundable (minus $25 processing fees) through August 15.
After August 15, tuition paid is not refundable.
Cost: TBD
Registration/Information: Submit a deposit to reserve a spot. Email Agnotti with questions
Leaders
Vibhuti Aggarwal
Vibhuti is a creative soul, who loves to be in community spaces with people where learning and transformation is the core. She did her Interplay through the Arts and Social Change program in 2018 and finished her training in 2020. She has been leading spaces using Interplay with young people in India on the themes of ecological connections, self- awareness and community building. She is also a Clown and performs and shares the fundamentals of clowning to youth. Along with her creative practise, she leads a youth organisation called Youth Alliance in India. She created the Earth Shastra program to awaken the head, heart and hand of young people to connect to nature and question the current development paradigm. She uses various modalities to facilitate journeys and loves to bring play to her and other's life.
Agnotti Cowie
Agnotti Cowie (they/she) attended the first ever “Art & Social Change: InterPlay for Millennial Leaders” in 2010. Since, she joined InterPlay’s national board as well as becoming a certified InterPlay leader. Agnotti facilitates workshops worldwide employing a variety of pedagogical techniques such as InterPlay, Theatre of the Oppressed, Devising, puppetry and clown. Currently they are based in Chicago where they lead workshops in schools, organizations and with social movements including as Co-Artistic Director of Opera-Matic, bringing participatory arts to public spaces. Recently, they have taken their work around the globe teaching InterPlay workshops in India, Germany, Australia, Bali and Chile.
Sukhmani Kohli
Sukhmani uses theatre, clowning, body wisdom practices and her skills as an empathetic facilitator to assist others in releasing shame and practice self acceptance. She first experienced InterPlay in 2014 when she participated in the Arts and Social Change Millennial program in California. She has been leading InterPlay ever since. She believes practices like interplay are powerful entry points for moving through conflict and connecting with your own sense of magic, moving from scarceness to abundance. She works with children, young adults, working professionals, communities and organisations. She runs Purple Mangoes, a company of facilitators who call themselves experience builders, gleaners and artists.
Vishal Singh