The Royal Danish Theatre's Ballet School in Odense presents its annual Christmas performance, this year a poetic dance piece that follows a young, poor writer as he leaves home with a dream of becoming famous. Along the way he finds the inspiration for the fairy tales that later made H.C. Andersen known far beyond Denmark's borders.
More than 100 pupils from Friskolen for Scenekunst perform the story through contemporary dance, classical ballet, musical dance and song. Audiences meet several of Andersen's well-known tales as the piece traces the dreams and imagination that drive the young writer onwards. It is a family show that speaks to both children and adults, about daring to follow an idea without knowing where it leads.
