Das Theater als Mikrowelt. Ein Verräumlichungs­experiment

Assistant: Enzo Lebeau

Pina Bausch Center under construction, Bundesallee 260, Wuppertal

Workshop in English language

Participation free of charge, registration at Produktion@pinabauschzentrum.de

Iran, Sudan, Hong Kong or the island state of Niaue. News and statistics from all parts of the world reach us every day. Today's world is caught between the forces of globalization and an increasing focus on local, national and individual concerns. How can we keep an overview? How can we empathize with the details of an individual's fate in a distant country without losing sight of the big picture? How can we relate to large-scale data and global dynamics?

Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) and dramaturge Caroline Barneaud (Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne) invite participants to take part in the early research phase of Microworld, a project currently in development.

Microworld applies statistics from demography, sociology and macroeconomics to a theater audience: Each person is given a new identity and biography, and 50 people represent the realities and circumstances of 8.2 billion people. The participants become a living model of the world.

Through movement and collective constellations, the workshop explores how statistics, sociology and macroeconomics can become tangible, embodied and emotionally perceptible.

All you need to participate in this experiment is a basic knowledge of English, a little patience, curiosity and three hours of time for a performative experiment as well as a debriefing on Sunday from 14:00 - 17:00.

Registration at Produktion@pinabauschzentrum.de