Performance Ecologies
Workshop/ Performance|Work-in-progress Showings
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Orange Project, Bacolod City
- Language English, Filipino
- Price Free admission
At Linangan, the ten selected participants engaged in five days of collaborative exploration, presenting initial ideas through artistic "activations" that sparked conversation around key themes—land and nature, memory and voice, colonial histories, gendered experiences, and practices of care. Since then, they have continued to develop their individual artistic inquiries, supported by regular check-in meetings that offered feedback, community, and preparation for the next phase.
The upcoming Bacolod workshop builds on this foundation, shifting focus from conceptual grounding to the articulation and testing of ideas. Over five days, participants will refine their work, delve into the performative possibilities of space and narrative, and consider the dynamics of audience engagement.
This phase will culminate in a series of 11 live performances, featuring works by each workshop participant, along with one special performance by the main facilitator, Eisa Jocson, on June 12. Most of these performances are open to the public and available by registration through the links in the subsessions below. Framed as a space for experimentation and reflection, the showcase allows artists to test evolving ideas in front of an audience, offering a vital moment of feedback and exchange that supports continued artistic growth.
About the Facilitators
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.
Franchesca Casauay
Franchesca Casauay (b. 1984, Metro Manila) is a cultural worker and independent producer with a practice spanning new media, performance, visual arts, and hybrid formats. She has led production, curatorial, and research projects across the Philippines, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Recent roles include project coordinator for Soil-Beings (Philippine Pavilion, 2025 Venice Biennale for Architecture), lead researcher for ASEF Green Guides PH, and production management resource person for CCP and DTI-CITEM. She has collaborated with Eisa Jocson on The Filipino Superwoman Band since 2018 and was a guest curator for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN. A Sociology graduate from UP Diliman, she is based in Quezon City and volunteers at artist-run space NO.
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Location
Art District, Lopue's Annex Building
Lacson St
Bacolod City
Philippines
Contact
Agenda
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The Bug's Permission Slip: Insect Dreams at 30fps
Performance Lecture | By Albert Garcia
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Orange Project, Bacolod City
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