MAGIC MAIDS BY EISA JOCSON & VENURI PERERA

MAGIC MAIDS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

In light of the ongoing severe weather caused by Typhoon Uwan, we regret to announce that the MAGIC MAIDS performance scheduled at 5:00 PM today, November 9, at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez, is CANCELLED.

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PRESENTED BY:

The Cultural Center of the Philippines in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Philippinen

DATE/ TIME/ VENUE:

November 7 & 8, 2025 | 8:00 PM
November 9, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Black Box Theater)

DESCRIPTION:

Magic Maids 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.  Both female figures, “the witch” and “the maid”, are part of the same matrix – powerful   and   powerless, feared and   revered, used, accused and discarded. The tropes are not mere hearsay and history but deeply rooted in today’s psyche. International artists Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera have collected stories of migrant   domestic workers from the so-called Global South, the echoes of which now haunt   their bodies. In the work, the domestic cleaning tool, as well as the vehicle of the witch – 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.

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TICKET INFORMATION:

Ticket Prices:

• Php 600 – Regular Price
• Php 300 – Students
• Call/text CCP Box Office at + 63 931 033 0880

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Discount:

• 20% for Senior Citizen, PWD, Government & Military Personnel, and National Coaches & Athletes

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 Tanzim August, TPAM Yokohama, Zurcher Theaterspektakel and Frankfurter Positionen. She is a recipient of the 2018 Cultural Center of the Philippines 13 Artists Award, the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2019, the SeMa-HANA Award 2021 and the Tabori Award International 2023. (Photo Courtesy Rockbund Art Museum)

VENURI PERERA

Venuri Perera is an independent artist, curator and educator from Colombo. Exploring the power dynamics of visibility and opacity, she attempts to destabilise and disorient how we perceive the ‘other.’ Her solo and collaborative works deal with violent nationalism, patriarchy, immigration, colonial heritage, class, and have been invited to festivals/symposia across Europe, South and East Asia, Middle East and Africa since 2008. She has closely collaborated with choreographers Geumhyung Jeong (SK) (Theatre Spektakel / Monsoon Australia),  Natsuko Tezuka (JP) (Kyoto Experiment / SIFA Singapore). Perera conceived and curated the projects of the Colombo Dance Platform (Goethe-Institut) and is a member of the Dance Panel of the Arts Council in Sri Lanka. A graduate of DAS Theatre, she is currently based between Amsterdam and Colombo.