The Practice of Democracy
Research Project by Danae Theodoridou

The Practice of Democracy is a research project that focuses on the current crisis of democracy in Europe by exploring the practice of public speech. This time, though, public speech is not delivered by politicians but by citizens. What can this mean for the practice of democracy and the way we live together?

Questions such as how do we experience democracy today, how do we organize ourselves, how and what do we decide in common etc., become the starting point for a sharing of stories related to the way we understand our social coexistence. In the frame of the project, citizens of Tilburg and the Netherlands are asked to follow a workshop in January in which they created their own speech on democracy following a list of instructions given by the artist. Participants will perform their speeches in public spaces where people meet (cafes, schools etc.) once the pandemic allows.

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Concept-Creation: Danae Theodoridou (PPS coach)
Co-created with: Konstantina Georgelou, Betina Panagiotara, Efrosini Protopapa
Tilburg speakers: Ferran Bach, Gerard Sanderink, Koen van Dooren 
Video: Eline Sterk-Water

with the support of the Flemish Ministry of Culture

co-produced by La Strada Graz (AT) & Duncan Dance Research Centre (GR), Performing Public Space - Fontys Arts University (NL)