In this choreographic lecture performance, Niko Jacobi brings memories, experiences, desires and needs into dialogue with cultural, conceptual and performative possibilities of (re)presenting personal identity. Which bodily sensations shape myself-image? Which echoes do they find in cultural archetypes? Which pronouns and stories accompany these images? How do I experience them in the context of social expectations? Niko invites the audience to explore these questions sensually and intellectually through the interplay of language and movement, and to reflect on their own relationship to identity and gender stereotypes.

DATES
Fri, 14.11.25 | 8 pm
Sat, 15.11.25 | 8 pm*

*On Saturday you can also look forward to the opening act of our THE AGEING BODY performance laboratory KINGS & QUEENS – Geschlechterrollen im Wandel.

CREDITS
Concept: Charlie Fouchier // Direction: Charlie Fouchier, Niko Jacobi // Performance: Niko Jacobi // Lighting and set design: Charlie Fouchier // Video works: Mono Welk, Niko Jacobi, Jul Zereck, Charlie Fouchier

A production by Charlie Fouchier in co-production with KATAPULT – Performance Platform Leipzig, a project by Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig, Schaubühne Lindenfels, and LOFFT – DAS THEATER. Supported by 4fT – Tanzplattform Leipzig e.V.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Charlie Fouchier, born in Paris, studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and choreography at the CNDC in Angers. He has worked as a dancer with renowned choreographers such as Tino Sehgal and Aina Alegre. His works combine choreography, performance, and visual arts, are based on perceptual analyses and research from neuroscience, philosophy, and psychoanalysis, and are presented throughout Germany.

TICKETS
Sliding Scale: 10 – 20 Euro
Reservations at: karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de

Barrier-free access.

Accompanying persons receive free admission.

Live audio description on request.

On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de

Supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony. This measure is co-financed by tax revenue based on the budget approved by the members of the Saxon State Parliament.

The LOOK 2025 guest performance series is supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Foto: Charlie Fouchier