Paper presented at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), Manila, 2024 AbstractThis article examines the creative process and compositional principles of the opera-performance Stay Away Cows, Life Is Short, directed by choreographer Anzu Furukawa and created with actors and guest performers from the Lume Theatre group in Campinas, Brazil. Rather than developing a conventional dramatic narrative structured by plot progression or psychological characterization, the performance unfolds through a constellation of images, gestures and perceptual states that emerge from the interaction between bodies, voices and spatial atmospheres. The reflections developed here draw not only on analytical observation but also on the author’s participation in the creative process as an actress, performer and collaborator. From this situated perspective, the article investigates how dramaturgy may arise from processes of embodied research, environmental experience and collective artistic creation.Particular attention is given to a research journey undertaken by the artistic team through the Amazon region prior to the rehearsal period. Encounters with landscapes, communities and oral narratives contributed to shaping the sensory and imaginative environment of the performance. The article argues that the work operates as a perceptual field in which landscape, memory and voice converge, transforming theatrical space into an atmospheric environment where meaning emerges through embodied experience.
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