An evening performance with A-Nicolas (formerly Yoroï Nicolas).
People with tickets to the weekend workshop will automatically have free entry to the performance.
Creation begins where certainty ends.
On stage, no map, no rehearsal.
The music should meet my partner for the first time, The music is important.
What will be our new Energy?
Only one reality, certainty: We are not here to demonstrate. We are not here to entertain.
We are here to be!
The ropes, the space, the sound, the bodies —
they will collide, breathe, fall silent, rise again.
Everything will happen in real time, between us, with you.
Presence is our only goal.
Tension, movement, surrender, resistance —
the whole struggle of being alive.
No answers.
Only questions embodied.
A dance of instincts, mistakes, memories, and sparks.
The stage is not a mirror.
It is a forge.
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”
— Bertolt Brecht-
A-Nicolas has been immersed in the art of ropes since his twenties and photography since his thirties. His work is deeply influenced by his study of Japanese kinbaku/shibari, along with various body practices such as Aikido, Thai massage, Tango, Contact-improvisation, and System A.
He spent four years in Japan, where he studied under the renowned master Arisue Go, dedicating himself to Aikido, Japanese culture, and the art of rope. Upon returning to Europe, he developed his own tying style, known as Yoroi-ryu, under the name Nicolas Yoroï.
Nicolas has played a key role in establishing rope communities across Europe and has collaborated and performed extensively across Europe and North America. He has studied with notable figures like Tessin Doyama, Kinoko, Ottonawa, Kazami Ranki, Felix Ruckert, and Shadow while also engaging in numerous workshops and exchanges with other international artists.
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No recording pictures, video or audio.
Must be over 18