Magic Maids
Performance | A ritual performance, pageantry, and possession in dance
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Tanghalang Ignacio B. Jimenez, Cultural Center of the Philippines
- Price Php 600 – Regular Price; Php 300 – Students
The Goethe-Institut Philippinen in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines, presents ‘Magic Maids,’ a cultural show created and performed by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera that interweaves ritual performance, pageantry, and possession.
A feral incantation that demystifies the connection of the history of European witch-hunts to the enduring extraction and exploitation of women's labour in today’s global chain of migrant care work.
The broom becomes an extension of their body, an axis that transforms oppression into monstrous feminist resistance. The brooming duo dances to rewild the domesticated feminine, performing a ritual of disobedience that dismantles the dominant narrative we live in.
DETAILS:
November 7 & 8, 2025 | 8:00 PM
November 9, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Black Box Theater)
TICKETS:
Php 600 – Regular Price
Php 300 – Students
For ticket reservations, please call/text CCP Box Office at + 63 931 033 0880 or email salesandpromotions@culturalcenter.gov.ph
About the Artists
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.
Venuri Perera
Venuri Perera is an independent artist, curator, and educator from Colombo whose work challenges power, visibility, and perceptions of the “other.” Addressing themes of nationalism, patriarchy, and colonial legacy, she has presented internationally since 2008, collaborated with leading Asian choreographers, curated Colombo Dance Platform, and now works between Amsterdam and Colombo.
Location
CCP Complex
Vicente Sotto St
Pasay City
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Philippines
Agenda
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Broomology 101
Workshop | Magic Maids Workshop
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Tanghalang Ignacio B. Jimenez, Cultural Center of the Philippines
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