Shake _______ off - Performance /workshop
Premiere UrbanApa 2020 festival - Helsinki
Shake _______ off is a 45 minutes long interactive movement installation where surrogate shakers shake off things through their body and let go of them. The world is in a bizarre situation at the moment and because of that people have pressure built up on them that is good to let go.
Shake _______ off does not claim to heal anything, but it does offer a possibility for a different kind of cleansing.
The movers shake themselves up and down, side to side and around for 45 minutes. There are “Let go”-bells in the space. You can ring a bell of your choice and through that let out the subject of your letting go in the space and for the movers to shake off.
Workshop
The two hour workshop is an exploration on letting go through your own body based on shaking and relaxation. We tune in to sense if there is tension and stress in our body and consciously let go of it. Working happens in our own bodies and safely respecting social distance.
The exploration will open to the public for the last forty five (45) minutes. The group will continue their exploration while the space will turn interactive where the public can ring different bells thus creating a deepening soundscape.
Shake _______ off
Hour of shaking
Hour of letting go
Hour of detaching from someone or something
I get rid of
You get rid of
To get rid of
Let go
Let go
Let go
Shake _______ off
Ring, if you want to let go of the:
Past, Regrets, Weaknesses, Mistakes, What ifs, Things that could have been, Them, The thing that should have been, Dead wishes, Fears of future or __________ (fill in the blank) .