
Opera Lab & Dance Lab
Participatory children's and youth projects at the Kulturhaus Brotfabrik
Feel opera and ballet, touch them, do it yourself: In our participatory programs, children, teenagers and young adults have the opportunity to experience ballet and musical theater together with professionals from the Vienna State Opera, whether in the city space, at your district. Digitally or on site at the Vienna State Opera. The focus is on your creative ideas, topics that move you and your desire and courage to try something new. Our formats are aimed both at the curious who want to get to know the world of opera and ballet better, and at theater enthusiasts who can't get enough.
Opera Lab
Opera Lab Season 22/23
Do you want to tell your own stories on stage? In the opera lab you develop your own music theatre performance as part of the youth ensemble around themes that are important to you. The piece will be performed in June 2023 with the Superar Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Stage Orchestra at the Kulturhaus Brotfabrik. Sign up now!
The Opera Lab is for all 15-24 year olds. The project is free of charge. No special previous knowledge is required.
Kick-off and get-to-know-you: Tues., 18 October 2022, 6.30-8.30 p.m., Kulturhaus Brotfabrik.
Weekly rehearsals: Tuesdays, 6.30-8.30 p.m., Kulturhaus Brotfabrik, 1100 Vienna
Performances: 14 and 15 June 2023
Info and registration: jugend@wiener-staatsoper.at
Project management & staging: Krysztina Winkel
Musical direction: Andy Icochea Icochea
Artistic co-creation: Katharina Augendopler
In cooperation with Superar.

Dance Lab
Dance lab young! For 7-12 year olds
In the young dance lab we dance, play theatre and develop our own little dance piece around the ballet Sleeping Beauty. A special highlight: we go to a ballet performance together and are visited by artists from the Vienna State Ballet.
The project is free of charge and is aimed at everyone between the ages of 7-12. No special previous knowledge is required.
Kick-off and getting to know each other: Mon., 3rd October 2022, Kulturhaus Brotfabrik
Weekly rehearsals: every Monday 5-6.15 p.m., Kulturhaus Brotfabrik, 1100 Vienna
Closing Show: December 14th/ 16th 2022
Info and registration: jugend@wiener-staatsoper.at
Project director: Katharina Augendopler
Co-choreographers: Katharina Augendopler and Katy Geertsen
In cooperation with Tanz die Toleranz.
Dance lab -- For 15-24 year olds
Tabula rasa, the blank page, is the inspiration for the Tanzlabor's piece development. Here, people dance and improvise together. The choreographies developed from this are put on stage with live music. Joint ballet visits and getting to know artists of the Vienna State Ballet are also part of the dance lab.
The project is free of charge and is aimed at all those interested in dance between the ages of 15-24. No special previous knowledge is required.
Kick-off and get-to-know-you: Thursday, November 10th, 2022, Kulturhaus Brotfabrik.
Weekly rehearsals: Thursdays 6.30-8.30 p.m., Kulturhaus Brotfabrik, 1100 Vienna
Performance: April 21st, 2023
Info and registration: jugend@wiener-staatsoper.at
Project management: Katharina Augendopler
Co-choreographers: Katharina Augendopler and Katy Geertsen
A cooperation with Tanz die Toleranz and Superar.
