Cases

The Twin Sisters Coco and Coca Pebber at the look out on the roofs of their world – They will always keep a caring eye on you. Photo Julie Johansen

Here you can find a selection of previous workshop cases by Sisters Hope

Sisters Hope – The Reds Are Everywhere

This workshop took place at the high school Aurehøj Gymnasium, Gentofte, as part of an AT-course on the 60es in Danish, English and Music, September 2010

Photos: One of the participants: Clara Frederikke Reeh

Sisters Hope – In Memory of Rose

This workshop took place at the high school FLOW, HF, Odense, as part of a music and drama course, December 2009

Participants getting ready to dive in to the fiction.

Participant upholding her appearance within the fictional universe

Sisters Hope – Trust

This workshop took place at the university, University of Copenhagen, January 2007

At this workshop we were in an auditorium and in the fiction the participants met the sisters right after the war as the sisters had just founded Sisters Hope.

In this workshop, which also functioned as our drama pedagogical examination at the University of Copenhagen, the participants consisted of a colorful mix of different nationalities, who furthermore had very different educational backgrounds. Among the participant you would, among others, find an Italian businessman, a student of chemistry, a role player and a high school student. Our purpose was to illustrate the transformative, liberating and immersive potential that this workshop possessed the possibility to activate within the participants, no matter what background they had.

Sisters Hope – Starlight Hotel

This workshop took place at the folk high school Herning Højskole, Herning, November 2006

The participants of this fiction was the participants of the drama course at Herning Højskole. The fiction said that the sisters had taken over a bombed hotel during the war between The Whites and The Reds.

The condition of the hotel is fragile and poor due to times of war. The people working there stay inside. Few guests are visiting the hotel. Large parts of the hotel have collapsed, but not the bar, where people gather day and night. The bar, though, has run out of liqueur, and the sink and other kitchen devices have been taken down, to find more space to sleep in. However, the atmosphere of the bar still fills the rooms. Some are waiting for the apocalypse, others for better times; others again just want to give in to the party. The sisters have taken the hotel into custody and are educating the staff and the guests of the hotel according to the principles of the state of white.

.The Twin Sisters Coco and Coca Pebber enjoying their afternoon tea – leisure after hard work at the school. Photo Julie Johansen

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Example of program

First day

8.30 – 9.15: Presentation: “Who are we and what is a fictional parallel universe?”
9.30 – 11.45: Presentation: The fictional frame, including a ‘baptism’ where the participants get their character’s name, a function and a armband with their fictional name on it.
11.45 – 12.30: Lunch
12.30 – 15.00: Character work:
1. Short presentation and introduction of the visual style concept
2. Dream travel
3. Questions for the characters
15.00 – 19.00: Long break (incl. dinner)
19.00 – 20.00: The fiction is initiated and put to play:
1. Couple match – Family Construction-ritual
2. ‘The Game’ – Spin the bottle
20.00 – 20.30: Conclusion on day one and oral evaluation

Second day

8.30 – 9.15: Presentation: The performative concept of interactivity
1. Audience positions
2. Interview technique
9.30 – 10.30: The participants are parted into two groups who in turn acts as audiences
10.45 – 11.45: A real audience is invited to enter the fictional parallel universe
11.45 – 12.30: Conclusion, packing down and evaluation

The sisters with their horses – beloved friends and vehicles. Photo: Julie Johansen