"HAYY —A Self-Taught Musical" is based on Ibn-Tufail’s novel "Hayy ibn Yaqdhan / The Self-Taught Philosopher", a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. It's the story of Hayy, a boy raised by a doe on an uninhabited tropical island. When the doe passes away, Hayy’s life develops from one of dependency to one of exploration and discovery. He starts by dissecting his mother in order to find out where life comes from. Over the years he grows up to discover the truth about the world and his own place in it, unaided but also unimpeded by society, language, or tradition.

[Hayy]

Artists, contributors and collaborators:

Film: Alexander Basile, Hugo Schneider, nüans
Choreography: Rita McBride
Music: sub-tle., Hoshiko Yamane, Naoki Matsushita, Olof Jönsson, Christian Wieser, nüans