Zoonation at the Royal Opera house

On June 18th I sent to see a wonderful group of kids story tell through dance, lights and music. Zoonation Youth Company told a story about a world that was divided, the wall had been built by an AI Robot that dreamed of having real feelings. On one side was the Captain that controlled his half of the world through oppression and on the other side was controlled by a Queen Bee that gave Starburst to her group and drugged them to keep them in control. In the middle were two brothers who loved each other very much and did not want to join either side. At some point the older brother gets coerced into joining the Captain. The little brother gets coerced by the Queen Bee. I won’t say more to not give spoilers. I was most impressed by the way they told their story. The narrator was “Snow”, the AI Robot, a girl that danced to the rhythm of the music. If I had to choose a question it would be something like: How can we teach children about the polarisation happening in the world and make them aware that there are other possibilities? I was inspired at all the ways we can get our message across. A beautiful intervention.

Scenes from the end of the show.

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