An Evening with A-Nicolas & Dancehalldyke and Tea

VoxBody is honored to present an evening performance featuring A-Nicolas tying with Dancehalldyke!

And, we are so pleased to bring back an old VoxBody tradition, and will have Alexander Friend of Niuka Tea providing tea service for the evening! 

Doors open at 7pm. 

Doors locked and performance at 8pm. No entry once performance has begun, sorry!

Join us at 7pm so you have time to sip some tea before the performance! 

COVID policy (please stay tuned to this policy as the weekend approaches! It will change as the Alameda County mandates do).

Getting Here

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About the performers: 

A - Nicolas has been practicing ropes for more than 20 years. His work comes from his study of Japanese kinbaku/shibari as well as from his different body practices: Aikido, Thai massage, Tango, Contact-improvisation, System A.

He lived in Japan for 4 years, where he met his master, Arisue Go, and devoted his time to aikido, japanese culture and rope study. After coming back to Europe, under the name Nicolas Yoroi, he has developed his style of tying known as Yoroi-ryu.

He has also studied with Tessin Doyama, Kinoko, Ottonawa, Kazami Ranki, Felix Rucker, Shadow… and has done many workshops/exchanges with other international presenters.
The style is generally described as minimalist & organic while in motion.

Find more about A - Nicolas here: Facebook, Vimeo https://a-nicolas.art/ & https://mu-dojo.org/

Kit (Dancehalldyke, she/they) is a San Francisco-based switch. She has been tying for 5 years in a variety of styles. From both sides of rope, she explores vulnerability, capability, and emotional states. Her past as a dancer influences her bottoming style: erotically, empathetically, and openly giving voice to the body.

Find Kit on Fetlife and Instagram

About Niuka Tea:

Steeping professionally since 2008, at the inception of "Om Shan Tea" in San Francisco's Mission District, founder Alexander Friend is a pioneer of resurgent tea culture in the Bay Area.
He is an herbalist and creator of all NIUKA's original botanical tea formulas, designing each blend with organic, fair-trade herbs that work together to nourish the body while featuring outstanding flavor profiles as complex, refined and delectable as well-crafted wine.
Many of his herbal tea blends showcase "adaptogenic" herbs that work together to promote natural homeostasis - balance - in the body. These blends pair beautifully with heirloom, single-origin Camellia teas, which are handpicked on small, organic and biodynamic farms in China, where the crafts of cultivating and processing the finest teas in the world is a multi-generational legacy.
It is Alexander's mission to provide humanitarian aid for the modern world in the form of tea and its ancient, deeply human ceremony that is adaptable to any walk of life. That we may reclaim our ability to be present and strive to embody this sentiment of his favorite quote:

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life, without being fooled by things." Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Zen priest and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center

Find more about Niuka Tea here  and on IG here.