📝 The "REBEL" animator 📖

Back in 2016 I decided to shake up my life and reshuffle the cards on the table, and that's how my adventure as an entertainer in a tourist village in Sardinia begans, specifically in Tortolì.

During this experience I had the chance to go through both good and bad moments, and to either confirm or debunk some of the common myths about tourists and entertainers.

I worked as a Sport and Contact animator during July and August. There is so much I could say about it but I will limit myself to sharing just a few highlights.

When I first arrived, I was welcomed by a staff of only four people and I immediately had a good impression. Later on  (as I expected) I had some "incompatibility" problems with the head animator and the village owner.

Our head animator was quite good as he had been doing this job for several years, but it was his first time as a manager. In my opinion, this caused  a bit of "performance anxiety", especially because the village owner was extremely  demanding. Honestly, with such a small team(and clearly a low budget) it is unrealistic to expect top-tier services because five people can't do the work of ten or fifteen.

The job itself is physically demanding and left very little free time , but it was also deeply rewarding, an experience I think everyone should try at least once in their life..

I know you've read this far for your "curiosity", so let me answer the question you're probably wondering about: Do animators approach girls well? Well, partly yes. An entertainer is a reference point within the village, always talking to everyone and naturally seen as a "free spirit" because of his job.

If that doesn't fully answer your question, then maybe you should try being an entertainer yourself!  My daily routine usually started around 10 in the morning: I'd wake up, have breakfast , then walk along the beach talking to guests and inviting them to join in on activities (we organized classic beach games such as Beach volleyball for example). After morning shift there was lunch and then rehearsals for the evening show, followed by more interactions with guests for the afternoon games.

At 6 pm we had a short break before dinner. In the evenings we performed various shows, everything from skits and musicals to cabaret. And about the earlier question regarding girls...well the only free time you have is late at night  (assuming that you are not too tired or that you do not have to rehearse for the shows of the following weeks).

The "RULES" for tourist entertainers are very strict (in fact I can proudly say I broke every single of them at least once).Some examples include: no drinking alcohol, no "fraternizing" with guests, and no discussing politics or similar sensitive topics.

In general it is an experience that I would repeat today .With the perspective I've gained over the years, I think I'd enjoy it even more, though, to be honest, part of the magic is doing it with no experience and all stepping completely outside your comfort zone.

In my book "The Diary of unspoken Things" I even dedicated an entire chapter to this topic, namely "The Handbook of the Rebel Animator", a useful guide for anyone who wants to try this experience and wants to live it in an "anarchist" way.

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