#Entscheide dich!
A music theater project by and for young people on themes from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale Die kleine Meerjungfrau
The Opernhaus Zürich Hashtag Projects are a central component of our educational outreach efforts and the most intensive and comprehensive way of bringing young people into contact with music theater and dance. Over the course of an entire school year, young people from a graduating class have the opportunity to develop their own full-length play and present it to the public on our studio stage once it is finished. An experienced team of artists from the fields of dance, theater and music accompanies the students on their journey from the development of the play to the staging and choreographic realization, through to the premiere.
Whether it's young people on the cusp of adulthood or people working in the arts, the same principles apply: we are constantly forced to make decisions. We constantly have to decide for or against something, choosing from an abundance of possibilities, and we are confronted with the question of whether the impulses we follow are viable and sustainable. The decisions we make have far-reaching consequences and can have a lasting impact on our lives and personalities.
The Little Mermaid in Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairytale has to make a fateful choice: she wants to shed her tail fin and leave the underwater world behind, in order to find happiness on land. Inspired by Andersen’s story, which is also the theme of the new ballet production Of Wind, Light and Waters in the 2024/25 season, the project #Entscheide dich! Is all about life-altering decisions that might not be reversible. The little mermaid sacrifices a lot to realize her longing into reality, and becomes part of an unknown, strange world. How far would you go to realize your dreams? Where are your limits? Are you ready to make sacrifices for your dreams? Is the price you must pay worth it? These questions will be the focus of the new theater and dance piece that will be staged with and by young people in June 2025.
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