Burning Ballroom

The idea for the Burning Ballroom is based on fiddling while Rome burns.

Kit

Banners

Patches - to pin on the dancers’ backs.

Roles - Politician, Police Chief, Media Mogul, Financier, Bureaucrat, Judge, Fossil Fuel Exec. Lobbyist.

Masks-

We used very simple ones, made out of thin white card, bit larger than face shaped, just with eye holes and nose flaps, and a bit of elastic stapled on. The main things seem to be that they’re all the same and blank.

Sound

You’ll need some kind of portable amp/ sound system, and the right leads/ adaptors to connect it to a phone output. It does need to be pretty loud to have impact outdoors.

Outreach

The Burning Ballroom makes a very good vehicle for outreach conversations, so have people- including the dancers- ready for engaging.

Briefing participants

Use the Ballroom Users Manual to brief participants.


Revision #3
Created 23 November 2023 17:02:46 by Jim
Updated 20 October 2024 10:20:31 by Emma