Artist Ana Jordao spends this DYNAMO residency to work on the creation A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS.

About the performance

A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS reimagines the human body as both material and artefact, playing with the notions of animate and inanimate. It presents a dynamic interplay between human forms and various objects, creating surreal scenarios that magnify the unique qualities of each.
Departing from an object-oriented* perspective to the human body, the piece explores the interaction between the discipline of hair-hanging and the practices of partnering, object work, new magic, and performative rigging. From this innovatively hybrid language arises a mesmerising and evocative work, which accompanies the audience through a slow discovery of the magic of the suspended body, and gradually uncovers and welcomes the orchestra of all the objects that are involved in that magic.

In this immersive exploration of the intricate relationship between bodies and objects, the piece proposes a world where care is extended to all things, living and nonliving. Playing with the spectrum between male and female, body and object, visible and invisible, reality and illusion, the work invites the audience to momentarily abandon what they know about the body, only to rediscover the wonder of its boundless potential.

Photos: Dave Grossman

About the artist

Ana Jordão (PT/DE) is a versatile performer with expertise in contemporary circus, dance, improvisation, and artistic research. Her creative work blends circus and dance skills, and is fuelled by a pure curiosity for experimentation.
After having completed a BA (Hons) in Media and Cultural Studies in (Edinburgh, 2006) and a course in Circus Arts (Berlin, 2011), Ana takes part in various creation projects across Europe.