Bright Horses

Bright Horses is a choreographic work for six performers — three pairs of twin siblings — that explores how family relationships reflect and resist competitive structures of contemporary capitalism. Through three parallel choreographic dialogues, each pair navigates territories of conflict, aggression, grief, farewell and affection, revealing the family as a site where broader social forces are embodied and negotiated. Moving between belonging and estrangement, the work turns lived experience into a performative landscape where care becomes a political act, and intimacy a space of resistance.

Artistic direction and choreography
Carminda Soares and Maria R. Soares

Created in collaboration with and performed by
André Cabral, Gonçalo Cabral, Carminda Soares e Maria R. Soares, Alina Krutskikh, Alena Krutskikh

Original music
António M. Silva / Sal Grosso

Lighting
Joana Mário

Costumes
Jordann Santos

Costumes assistance
Beatriz Filomeno

Dramaturgical support
Lígia Soares

Artistic consulting
Catarina Miranda, Rafaela Sahyoun

Co-produced by
Teatro Municipal do Porto, O Espaço do Tempo, A Oficina e Cineteatro Louletano [no âmbito do Projeto CASA], Cine-Teatro São Pedro de Alcanena

Residency support
O Espaço do Tempo, Cineteatro Louletano, CRL- Central Elétrica, Instável – Centro Coreográfico, GrETUA, Graner centre de creació de dansa i arts vivest, CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva, Sekoia – Artes Performativas, ESTUFA – Plataforma Cultural / Plataforma 285

Support
República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes