SALT-ICE

Salt-ice, a tale of salt and ice (children's origami opera) for children's choir, piano and soundtrack Ruben Zahra music and direction Tricia Dawn Williams piano Barbora Seidlová narrator Students of the dance department of ZUŠ Veveří Children's choir of ZUŠ Orchidea Project leader Kristýna Drášilová The project connects children with professional artists in an interdisciplinary production that includes storytelling, music, dance, origami and video. The story, written by Susanne Felicitas Wolfová, is inspired by folklore from the Upper Austrian region, especially salt mines and ice caves. The vision of composer and director Ruben Zahra adopts paper as the main material for costumes, props and scenography through the use of origami and pop-up paper sculptures. The contemporary aesthetics of the mise-en-scène are also reflected in the choreography of Silke Grabingerová.