Samurai X

In the heart of a bustling metropolis, newsstand owners are fighting for survival. Their neighborhood is threatened by ruthless gangsters who extort protection money and seek to destroy their livelihoods. Desperate, they seek help—and find it in a group of outsiders, warrior outcasts—the famous samurai. Each with their own past, their own wounds, and their own ideals.

Amid neon lights and skyscraper canyons, an unexpected alliance emerges. Distrust meets hope; fear meets determination. As the gangsters ramp up the pressure, solidarity grows—and with it, the courage to stand up to injustice. In a fusion of urban dance, operatic singing, martial arts, and acting, Takao Baba, composer Mischa Tangian (Babylon Orchestra), and the ensemble explore the virtues of the samurai—honor, courage, respect, loyalty—and the question of what these mean to us today. Following the dance and theater spectacle*Time to Shine*, choreographer Takao Baba returns to the Junges Schauspiel. This time, he is developing a genre-bending, boundary-pushing production full of suspense, emotion, and powerful imagery, featuring German and Dutch artists.