TTT-performance on meaning of work by the theatrical group
Target Group: anyone who is passing by
Short description: A short perfrormance that takes place on the 1st of May at the place where people are gathering to march or any other day and at any other place. The target is to induce people into thinking about the different things that constitute work apart from formalised work which is what we usually refer to when we use the term. After the performance there can be a talk with the participants and the passengers about work in general or more specifically (how we would like it to be, on which parts and notions of work we would like to put more emphasis on etc).
Mehthod: Pop-up in the public place and just do the performance! It can be repeated after some hours because it is supposed to take place in an open space where different people are passing by along the day.
Part 1-formal work: The actors are forming a production line. Someone of them says "work" and the first one is starting to do a "mechanised" and "standartised" move which is his/her part in the production line. After a while the second one makes his/her own move etc...(optional: whistling the song "money" from Pink Floyd :)).
p.s. Everybody in the line has to pop-in and make his-her move. After while and when all performers are participating to the production...
Part 2-reproduction work: Someone yells "work" and the scene changes into a house where a family is taking care of its needs...Some are caring for the baby, some are preparing the meal etc...
Part 3-participation/politics (??): Again someone says "work" and the scene changes. We are now in an assembly. In our case it was an assembly of the residents of a building trying to decide which colour to use to paint the front of the building.
Part 4-entertainment: "Work" again and now we dance to different rhythms each time and try to produce some kind of music with our bodies in a way that you will see on the video...
Part 5-One of the performers says "the dance of work" and the performers do a dance that consists of repeating one movement typical from each of the four categories of work.
Part 6-By the end of the former we take the observers to dance with us and then we repeat the dance of work once again alltogether. (The word "work" is used to indicate when the movement changes)
Hope i didn't forget something important !
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