Kyabajo

She’s got a flair for flirting, lighting your cigarette and making sure your drink never runs out. “Welcome to the Kyabakura bar,” she says. She’ll have an intelligent conversation with you and all the stresses of the working day will simply dissipate. Placing a hand on your arm she calms your ego and confirms your masculinity. You’re poised to fall in love with her. But what this kyabajõ is hiding behind her façade, you just don’t know. Not yet.

The Japanese-Korean performer Jija Sohn [Kyoto, 1982] seduces her audience in a game of oppression, power and liberation. From 2005 to 2008 Sohn herself was a kyabajo in a Tokyo bar.

concept | performance: Jija Sohn
production: Dansmakers Amsterdam
coproduction: Podium Bloos, Theaterfestival Boulevard and DansBrabant through PLAN Talentontwikkeling Brabant
There is an after-talk following the performance on 4th of August at 9.30 pm with Jija Sohn.

This performance can be booked in combination with Johan Simons | Elsie de Brauw | Erwin Mortier – Verboden gebied: Vrouw in Niemandsland for Saturday 4 August. Select one of these two performances and the combiticket option is offered.