FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
A performance inspired by children’s rights and realized within the RIGHT4KIDS project.
The performance is based on the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically Article 3 of the Convention: “All adults should do what is best for the child. When adults make decisions, they should consider how their decisions
will affect children.”
The initial research for the performance was done in collaboration with young people without parental care within the SOS Children’s Villages Foundation. The right to education, the principle of non-discrimination, according to which all children and young people should have the same rights
regardless of race, gender, language, and religion, the fight against the exploitation of children, and the rights of children with disabilities are just some of the problems in our modern society.
Using the structure of fairy tales and their deconstruction, the performance explores the problematic side of the world we live in, with the idea of raising awareness about the rights of young people and children, but also to inspire and motivate us not to turn a blind eye to
violations of these rights and to jointly influence the creation of conditions for their implementation.
The performance “For Your Own Good” is part of the Rights4Kids project that DAH Theater is implementing with partners from Italy (Fondazione Aida and A.T.T.I. Theatrical Association), Greece (AeroplioTeatar and Action Sinergy), and the Czech Republic (Performalita).
Directed by: Dijana Milosevic
Dramaturgy: Duca Knežević
Starring: Ljubica Damčević, Evgenija Eškina Kovačević, Ivana Milenović Popović, Ivana Milovanović /Milica Petrović
Assistant Directors: Dijana Mitrović, Niko Popovich
Music: Ljubica Damčević
Objects: Neša Paripović
Lighting Design: Milomir Dimitrijev, Radomir Samolov
Voices: Ljubica Damčević, Ivan Nikolić
Voice Recording: Zoran Vasiljević
Video Direction: Jadranka Anđelić
Video Editing: Una Skandro
Collaboration on organization: Sanja Gašpar
Marketing Director: Ivana Milenović Popović
Social Media Manager: Marko Milojević
Photography: Una Skandro
Translation: Dijana Mitrović, Niko Popovich
Texts used:
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Shakespeare, William. Macbeth; Brothers Grimm, Hansel and Gretel; Cinderella; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion; Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment; Aviv, Rachel.
“The Trauma of Facing Deportation,” The New Yorker (March 27, 2017); Santiago and Others, “Resignation syndrome in hidden tears and silence,” International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2019, Vol. 65/80-82; Salin and Others, “Resignation
Syndrome: Catatonia? Culture Bond?”, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (January 2016); Long, Clara. “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border.” Human Rights Watch Testimony (July 2019).
