A section of the piece, in which Victoria Mark's in alone on stage, stuck in my mind when I was done watching it. She is moving two fingers on her hand to create certain recognizable images. Some examples include scissors, human legs, and a gun, as seen in the image below.
Her serene and somewhat playful attitude, which led to laughter in the audience, allows for a moment of release during the heaviness of the rest of the performance. However, when she turns her hand into the gun, maintaining her serene expression, she manages to sharply bring the audience back to the serious nature of the subject and evokes the need for their active participation in addressing political issues. This relates to ideas brought up in both the Cecilia Olsson chapter on Protest Ballets in Sweden and comments made by William Forsythe in the New York Times Article by Diane Solway. They all speak to the need to find a balance in making your audience feel accountable versus empathetic.
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