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sessions. She encouraged children to actively experience the roles, stating, "But most important of all is that thought and empathy are given enough time. For those who play pantomime, the rule applies: Think, see and feel before you move! Let your eyes react first, then your face, head â and finally the rest of your body!" The theatre was first called
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had previously directed plays for both children and adults. There, Olenius began an open house for the children of Södermalm on
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