Gala Kick-off Event of the Big Linz09 School Project
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More than 250 guests attended a celebration that got I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT off to a rousing start. The big Linz09 school project is designed to get Upper Austrian schools moving in the direction of creativity!
Artists from throughout Austria and around the world, project associates & sponsors, and many highly dedicated teachers from all over Upper Austria joined representatives of Linz09 in the Linz Shipyard’s canteen to celebrate the start of I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT. Guests also got a first look at the brand new project logo that brings together symbols emblematic of the ideas inherent in I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT: a laurel wreath for outstanding leadership, an inkblot representing making mistakes, wings for motion, the sun for warmth and energy, a bang for receptiveness to change, and crowned by a wise yet playful elephant. Musical and terpsichorean entertainment rounded out the evening’s program.About 100 schools of many different types located all over Upper Austria are involved in this major project in which the focus isn’t just on contemporary dance and theater—the stars of this production are the schools, the students and the teachers themselves.
