Samir Kennedy

Samir Kennedy lives and works between Marseille and London.

As a performer, choreographer, director, sound designer and playwright, Samir Kennedy is part of the international art scene, performing in institutional as well as marginal and confidential settings.

In his plays, Samir Kennedy explores systems of class and race, as well as the expression of queerness, otherness and abjection; re-enacting and subverting archetypal characters such as the clown, the devil and the zombie. Samir Kennedy thus questions collective consciousness and cultural symbolism, using these figures as frameworks for examining identities and their intersectionalities.

In conjunction with his choreographic work, Samir Kennedy experiments with sound art to intensify his audience’s bodily experience, by creating immersive environments. He regularly collaborates with artists such as Florence Peake, Kidows Kim, Theo Clinkard, Colette Sadler, Amit Noy, Liam Warren, Sam Williams and Olive Hardy, creating original soundtracks for live performances and film works.

After initial training in musical theater, Samir Kennedy found his way into contemporary dance, completing his studies at Laban in the UK. In 2023, he graduated from the Master of Choreography program at the Institut Chorégraphique International - CCN Montpellier.