Once Upon a Thought

Season 2022/2023

Why are some people more emotionally affected by negative experiences than others?

Why do some meet life’s challenges with optimism while others are bogged down by them?

A humorous, colourful, and thought-provoking piece about an important subject: Our thoughts colour our lives. They can think us up, and they can think us down. We have learnt a way of thinking. Maybe we can learn others?

We follow three people’s different approaches to life in a show that mixes words, physique, visual scenes, choreographic elements, lots of humour, and new input for the brain. About what goes on inside our heads, and what consequences it can have. Inspired by the book, Learned Optimism, by the former president of the American Psychological Association, Martin Seligman.

The project utilizes both a director and a choreographer which results in a physical acting style. It is especially through the physical/visual that we achieve the moments where children and adults laugh at, experience, and understand human behavioural patterns TOGETHER at a deep level. Moments that provide seeds for later dialogue in the family and in the classroom.

With “Once Upon a Thought” we create a show that is an artistic experience in itself, but that also makes a difference by reaching further with concrete food for thought and talk.