Let's hear it for the boy

In the organizer's words:

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 opens up a space for male vulnerability. At a time when gender boundaries are becoming more permeable while old role models are regaining influence, the Freiburg choreographer - the only woman in the artistic team - deliberately approaches the subject from the outside. With an inquisitive eye and empathetic attitude, she does not interpret, but penetrates - raw, direct, undisguised.

The focus is on 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", turns the Adam's apple into a poetic symbol of maturation and hidden vulnerability - where the voice emerges and falters.

Together with the renowned theater director Tom Schneider (FARN Kollektiv), who composed the music for the piece, and dramaturge Edan Gorlicki (INTER-ACTIONS), Miyoshi creates an intimate, immersive setting in the Kammertheater: two dancers and the audience share a space in which inner experience, outer expression and social attributions meet - and in which vulnerability can be experienced as a unifying force for change.

Duration of the piece: approx. 50 min.

Following the performance on 16.10.2025, we cordially invite you to an audience discussion - we look forward to exchanging ideas with you!

Supported by the City of Freiburg, the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Tanznetz Freiburg and Labor à trois.

A co-production with E-WERK Freiburg.

Initiated by the invitation to participate in the project "48 Dance" (Roxy Ulm) under the artistic direction of Dana Ruttenberg. The impulses and encounters that arose there formed the starting point for the creation of this production. Artistic collaboration in the context of research and residency: Philipp Raiß

With

Artistic direction & choreography: Emi Miyoshi
Co-Creator & Dramaturg: Edan Gorlicki (INTER-ACTIONS)
Co-Creator & Music: Tom Schneider (FARN Kollektiv)
Co-creator & dance: Johannes Blattner, Marģers Vanags
Stage & costume: Emi Miyoshi
Light: Steffen Melch
Project management, dance mediation & assistance: Anna Kempin
Photo & Video: Marc Doradzillo
Press relations: Christine Eyssel
Production: SHIBUI Kollektiv

Additional program:

"Physical Insight" - open to all, without prior knowledge!
Sun 19.10. | 18:00 hrs | Kammertheater
Whether before the performance, afterwards or simply out of curiosity - anyone who would like a physical approach to the creative process is very welcome!

Registration: info@shibuicollective.com (limited number of participants!)
Duration approx. 30 min. | Free admission!

Residency Showing

Fri 26.09. | 12:00 pm | south bank
First insights into the production.
Free admission!

Price information:

Admission 17€ / 13€ (reduced)