- 12.03.2018, 8 p.m.€ 19/red. € 9 / f.f.m. students € 5, Wiederaufnahme
Right before her performance at the Tanzplattform Deutschland in Essen, Eisa Jocson presents her production „Princess“ again at Mousonturm. In films and leisure parks, the Disney imperium has made Snow White the essence of the Happy Girl. From Los Angeles to Hong Kong, princess-actresses enchant audiences by waving and smiling. The choreographer Eisa Jocson, who lives in Manila, observes this apparently universal performance of happiness from a
particular perspective: Disneyland Hong Kong is the largest employer for Philippine dancers in the region, but because of the colour of their skin they are only cast in nameless subsidiary roles. Jocson, together
with the performance artist Russ Ligtas, puts an end to this by appropriating the physicality of Snow White and creating a playing field of identities.
In English * Artistic direction & choreography: Eisa Jocson * Performance: Eisa Jocson, Russ Ligtas * Music: Marc Appart * Creative presence: Arco Renz, Tang Fu Kuen * Light Design: Florian Bach * Coaching: Rasa Alksnyte * A production by Eisa Jocson and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm * In co-production with Frankfurter Positionen, an initiative by BHF-Bank Stiftung, Münchner Kammerspiele and tanzhaus nrw * Supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media * Supported by Pianofabriek Brüssel and Para Site.
Mousonturm-production
Biography
Eisa Jocson
Eisa Jocson is a contemporary choreographer and dancer from the Philippines, trained as a visual artist, with a background in ballet. With her work she exposes body politics in the service and entertainment industry as seen through the unique 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 Philippines through migrant work. In her creations – from pole to macho dancing and hostess work, to Disney princess to Superwoman and to Zoo animals – capital is the driving force of movement pushing the indentured body into spatial geographies. Jocson has toured extensively in major contemporary festivals with her solo triptych: “Death of the Pole Dancer” (2011), “Macho Dancer” (2013) and “Host” (2015) and with the HAPPYLAND series, produced by Mousonturm: “Princess” (2017), “Your Highness” (2017), “Manila Zoo” (2021). “The Filipino Superwoman Band” (2019), a work on the affective labor of Overseas Filipino Musicians was commissioned by Sharjah Biennale. She is a recipient of the 2018 Cultural Centre of the Philippines 13 Artists Award, the winner of Hugo Boss Asia Art Award in 2019 and received the 2021 SeMa-HANA Award for the work TFSB2020: Superwoman, Empire Of Care at the Seoul MediaCity Biennale.