Inspired by Bob Dylan’s moment of hesitation during the recording of “We Are the World”, LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY by Emi Miyoshi & SHIBUI Kollektiv creates a space for male vulnerability.

At a time when gender boundaries are becoming more fluid, whilst at the same time old role models are regaining influence, the Freiburg-based choreographer – the only woman in the artistic team – deliberately approaches the subject from the outside.

With a curious gaze and an empathetic attitude, she does not interpret, but penetrates – raw, direct, unadulterated.

At the centre lies the moment of transition: from breath to voice, from tension to expression, from boy to man. That fragile moment in which the invisible becomes visible and vulnerability becomes audible. The Japanese term ‘nodo botoke’, literally ‘throat Buddha’, transforms the Adam’s apple into a poetic symbol of maturation and hidden vulnerability – the place where the voice is born and falters.

Artistic Director & Choreography: Emi Miyoshi
in collaboration with the dancers Johannes Blattner and Marģers Vanags
Music: Tom Schneider (FARN Collective)
Dramaturgy: Edan Gorlicki (Inter-Actions)
Lighting: Steffen Melch
Photo & Video: Marc Doradzillo
Project Management, Dance Education & Assistant: Anna Kempin
Press: Christine Eyssel
Production: SHIBUI Collective