Performance Ecologies

Organized by the Goethe-Institut Philippinen, in collaboration with Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Linangan Art Residency, and Orange Project, Performance Ecologies – a Filipino performance platform - presents a series of multi-phase workshops for 10 participants from across the Philippines.

About the Project

Performance Ecologies serves as an incubator for innovative ideas, projects, and approaches in the field of Performance Art and Dance, promoting creativity, experimentation, and collaboration. The platform focuses on works that challenge traditional formats, explore novel methods of audience engagement, and address contemporary social, cultural, and political issues.

Practical Information About the Workshops

About the Facilitator

Eisa Jocson

Eisa Jocson is an interdisciplinary artist based in La Union, Philippines. Trained as a visual artist with a background in ballet, she came to contemporary dance through pole dancing. In her works, she explores body politics in the service and entertainment industry as seen through the socioeconomic lens of the Philippines. She studies how the body moves and what conditions make it move – be it social mobility or movement out of the Philippines through migrant work. In her creations, from ‘Death of the Pole Dancer’ to ‘Macho Dancer’ to ‘Host’ to ‘Princess’ to ‘Superwoman Band’ and ‘Manila Zoo’ – capital is the driving force of movement pushing the indentured body into developed geographies. She regularly presents her pieces at renowned theatres and international festivals in Asia and Europe, such as Tanz im August, TPAM Yokohama, Zürcher Theaterspektakel and Frankfurter Positionen. She is a recipient of the 2018 Cultural Centre of the Philippines 13 Artists Award, the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2019, the SeMa-HANA Award 2021 and the Tabori Award International 2023.

© Eisa Jocson