Let's hear it for the boy

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 Collective opens up a space for male vulnerability. At a time when gender boundaries are becoming increasingly fluid, while traditional role models are simultaneously regaining influence, the Freiburg-based choreographer—the only woman in the artistic team—deliberately approaches the subject from the outside. Curious and empathetic, she does not interpret, but penetrates: raw, direct, and unfiltered. The focus is on the moment of transition: from breath to voice, from tension to expression, from boy to man. That fragile moment when the invisible becomes visible — and vulnerability audible. The Japanese term “nodo botoke” — literally “throat Buddha” — makes the Adam's apple a poetic symbol of maturation and hidden fragility: precisely where the voice originates — and can falter. Together with 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: two dancers and the audience share a space in which inner experience, external forms of expression, and social constructs converge — and vulnerability becomes palpable as a unifying force of transformation. A poetic evening about courage and masculinity: raw, direct, and at the same time tender. The performance will be followed by a discussion with the artists. In German.