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“Hallo!” shouted Jack the Dullard. “Here am I! Look what I have found on the high road.” And he showed them what it was, and it was a dead crow.
“Dullard!” exclaimed the brothers, “What are you going to do with that?”
“With the crow? Why, I am going to give it to the Princess.”
“Yes, do so,” said they; and they laughed, and rode on.
We all know, of course, what happens to Jack the Dullard and his two brothers when they later meet the Princess in the castle. Or do we?
Never having had his stories read aloud to them at their mother's knee, many Danish children are unfamiliar with H. C. Andersen and the role he plays in Danish cultural history. For that reason, the Graphic School in Tvillingehallen will—in anticipation of his 200th anniversary in 2005—make H. C. Andersen the focal point of an exhibition exclusively with children's art.
Between March and October 2004, 50 school classes in Copenhagen between 2-7 grades (age 8-13) will each be assigned to work interdisciplinarily with a fairy tale by H. C. Andersen for at least a month. By mingling visual art, music, drama and literature, the pupils will be exploring the life, art and cultural significance of H. C. Andersen. The entire project will end up with an exhibition of pictures, sculptures, theatre, music and dance in the Round Tower.
The project “Hallo! Here am I!” is headed by Kirsten Møller and Eva Ring (head of the Graphic School in Tvillingehallen).
For further information contact Kirsten Møller at tel. nos. 3543 4246/4798 6420 or by email.
Click here for more information on the 200th anniversary of H. C. Andersen in 2005.
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