First Presentation of the Big Linz09 School Project
Copyright: Nick Mangafas
Linz’s Vocational School 8 is the first of 90 Upper Austrian educational institutions to present its project in conjunction with I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT, Linz09’s big school project.
25 boys and one girl age 16-19 have been working together with actresses Barbara Carli and Gudrun Maier from Graz’s Theater im Bahnhof since November 2008. They collaboratively developed a collage made up of several scenes, whereby they took situations from everyday life on the job as well as from the world of school attendance and integrated this material into the performance.“Pay attention to your breathing!” “Think positive!” “Put a friendly expression on your face!” These are some of the text-book suggestions for young people going into a job interview. The students’ performances are playful and highly expressive takes on the implementation of these precepts.
