Performance | Spätschicht x Schwules Museum
Transsexual at Home (First Try)
River Roux
Rixer Roux photo: zzeroid
Dark lipstick, a double strand of pearls, one leg bent with effortless elegance, a hand resting on a sofa’s armrest. In 1967, Diane Arbus titled this image Transsexual at home, N.Y.C. This external designation forms the starting point from which River Roux’s performance for Spätschicht x Schwules Museum unfolds.
River Roux is a performer, writer and dancer on the pole working across theatre and performance. Her initial performances took place in nightlife. Roux’s work centres the connections between labour, gender, care and sex, exploring how they relate to another. After a decade spent professionally undressing, she made her debut in theatre in Lola Arias’ Happy Nights at Theater Bremen in 2023. Her first solo JUICE (2024), realised with her co-creator Bibiana Mendes, is part of the repertoire at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin. They are currently working on a new performance that engages with queer militancy and self-defense and will premiere at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in spring 2026. From 2021 to 2023, Roux was part of the Berlin Strippers Collective, staging feminist interventions in nightlife before moving on to create solo.
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