contact for password
"A friend of a friend put a hand around me, ha, I’m feeling insecure but I just went hahahaha."
In everyday situations, our boundaries are often crossed, leaving us unsure of how to respond. HA explores the performativity of laughter as an escaping mechanism.
By stripping away theatrical distractions, Jana Jacuka’s solo work emphasizes the raw and essential elements of performance, inviting the audience to engage with the visceral experience of extreme vocal practices. HA is an investigation of the voice as a choreographic tool. In HA the voice becomes an extension of the body. She grunts, fry-screams, speaks while inhaling and shifts into communication beyond words.
She will come empty handed.
It’s just the space,
her and you,
and suddenly
HA
Choreographer / Performer: Jana Jacuka
Tutor: Miguel Melgares
External Advisor: Bruno Listopad and Ira Brand
Outside eye / Dramaturgy advice: Eva Susova, Toni Steffens
Text advisor: Joachim Robbrecht
Text editing in collaboration with: Nicolas Lange
Vocal advisors: Moa Holgersson, Monica Janssen, Maria Magdalena Kozłowska
Graphic designer: Estere Betija Gravere
Photographer: Peteris Viksna
Traces left by Stina Force and Amparo Gonzales.
This work wouldn’t be possible without Sam Scheuermann, Veronika Abdul-Visocka, DAS theater tutor and peer support. This performance was developed within the context of the DAS Theatre master programme and with financial support from the ATD-Aart Janszen Fund (NL) and State Culture Capital Foundation (LV).
Co-produced by Gertrudes Street Theater (LV)
