ABOUT ANA
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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. In 2017, she presents her debut solo piece I AM (K)NOT, marking her emergence as an author of full-length stage works. This self-produced project toured extensively in circus, dance, street arts, visual arts, and experimental music venues throughout Europe. In 2018, she initiated her second creation, CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?, which earned her recognition and a shortlisting by Circus Next (FR), a platform for emerging authors in contemporary circus. The piece premiers in 2021 with the support of Neustart Kultur (DE). In 2022, Ana begins her new project, A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS, exploring the interplay between hair-hanging (a traditional circus discipline) and other disciplines such as partnering, martial arts, object work, and new magic. Ana's artistic endeavours extend beyond her own works, having been commissioned to create two notable pieces: FLAME OF THE SEA created for the first edition of Festival LEME (PT) and ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS created for Goethe Institute's Night of European Literature. |
Her works have toured extensively across Europe and have occasionally unfolded into video art, performance lectures, site-specific formats, performative installations, and published articles. Ana also collaborates with other fellow artists, taking on roles as performer, outside-eye, co- researcher, and mentor.
Driven by her passion for nurturing a thriving artistic community, she engages with BUZZ (bundesverband zeitgenössischer zirkus), Zirkus On (kreationsbündnis für zeitgenössischen zirkus), and KulturRäume Berlin (Bündnis Raum für künstlerische Arbeit der Freien Szene). Through these endeavours, she aims to foster meaningful dialogues between artists and programmers/policy makers, advocate for the needs of the artist community, and enhance the visibility of contemporary circus in Germany and beyond.
In the past few years, she has worked with teachers such as Sharon Fridman, Ricardo de Paula, Jozef Frucek, Bruno Caverna, Alexandre Fray, Tom Weksler, Aragorn Boulanger, André Hidalgo, Bauke Lievens and Jean-Michel Guy, who have greatly influenced her in her journey of continuously blending the boundaries between circus and dance.
Driven by her passion for nurturing a thriving artistic community, she engages with BUZZ (bundesverband zeitgenössischer zirkus), Zirkus On (kreationsbündnis für zeitgenössischen zirkus), and KulturRäume Berlin (Bündnis Raum für künstlerische Arbeit der Freien Szene). Through these endeavours, she aims to foster meaningful dialogues between artists and programmers/policy makers, advocate for the needs of the artist community, and enhance the visibility of contemporary circus in Germany and beyond.
In the past few years, she has worked with teachers such as Sharon Fridman, Ricardo de Paula, Jozef Frucek, Bruno Caverna, Alexandre Fray, Tom Weksler, Aragorn Boulanger, André Hidalgo, Bauke Lievens and Jean-Michel Guy, who have greatly influenced her in her journey of continuously blending the boundaries between circus and dance.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
2023 Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt - I OBJECT!
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart - MADE IN BERLIN
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart - ONE AND MANY
2021 Receives the GVL / NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship - A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction - CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
2019 Funded by I-Portunus / Creative Europe (EU) for the mobility of artists and cultural professionals
2018 Commissioned by Instituto Camões (PT), for the creation of ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS, at the Night of European Literature (PT)
2018 Commissioned by Bússola (PT) for the creation of CHAMA DO MAR, premiered at Leme - Festival de Circo Contemporâneo em Espaços Não Convencionais (PT)
2018 Shortlisted by Circus Next - platform for emerging authors in the circus field, with the piece DÉCORPS D'INTÉRIEUR
2015 Supported by Circus Next:Labs with I AM (K)NOT for a research laboratory in Recife (BR)
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart - MADE IN BERLIN
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart - ONE AND MANY
2021 Receives the GVL / NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship - A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction - CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
2019 Funded by I-Portunus / Creative Europe (EU) for the mobility of artists and cultural professionals
2018 Commissioned by Instituto Camões (PT), for the creation of ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS, at the Night of European Literature (PT)
2018 Commissioned by Bússola (PT) for the creation of CHAMA DO MAR, premiered at Leme - Festival de Circo Contemporâneo em Espaços Não Convencionais (PT)
2018 Shortlisted by Circus Next - platform for emerging authors in the circus field, with the piece DÉCORPS D'INTÉRIEUR
2015 Supported by Circus Next:Labs with I AM (K)NOT for a research laboratory in Recife (BR)
