7 Samurai
Laura Samy
Rio de Janeiro/RJ, 2022 | 70 min | Parental Rating Free
SYNOPSIS
The show was created inspired by the film The Seven Samurai, by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998). Through dance, theatre and cinema languages, four performers draw parallels between the Japanese warriors and artists today, approaching and examining their conditions for struggle in times that seem to refute their existence. In a dramaturgical composition full of images referring to battles, but also to other affections and instincts, the difficulty of maintaining bodies arises, symbolising the slow and fragile process of creating something new.
Trigger warning: contains loud noise.
HISTORY
Laura Samy is a dancer and choreographer. Graduated in theatre theory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio), she lives and works in Rio de Janeiro as an independent artist. She regularly collaborates with several artists in dance, theatre and general performing arts projects, such as Thiago Granato, Renato Linhares, Alice Ripoll, Maria Alice Poppe, Marcela Levi and Miwa Yanagizawa. She is the creator and producer of Mostra Caixote, an independent dance event produced in partnership with the Darcy Ribeiro Film School (2016 and 2019) which was held at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM/RJ) in a festival format in 2021. In addition to the show 7 Samurai, among her most recent creations are the works O Pássaro e a Enguia [The Bird and the Eel], Cravo [Carnation], Enquanto Borbulha [While Bubbling] and Identidade [Identity].
CRITIC
Tenderness emerges, at different times, in contrast to more abrupt movements, or rhythmic, such as the street dance itself. This dialectic of styles and forces is also established by the enact of the dancer-actors – the closeness of the bodies is on the threshold between tension and serenity, attraction and repulsion, Eros and Thanatos.
Christovam de Chevalier, site New Mag.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Direction: Laura Samy
Dramaturgy: Laura Samy and Renato Linhares
Performers: Eduardo Hermanson, Laura Samy, Raphael Duarte (RPop) and Renann Fontoura
Cast in the creative process: Renato Linhares and Werik de Souza (Kikinho)
Lighting and light technician: Tainã Miranda
Sound technician: Pedro Canales
Original soundtrack: Sacha Amback
Costume and prop: Ticiana Passos and Laura Samy
Special Effects: Eduardo Kurt
Press: Christovam de Chevalier
Social media: Ana Righi
Visual programming: Christian Proença
Photo: João Penoni
Production: Corpo Rastreado
