ABOUT ANA
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Ana Jordão is a multidisciplinary performer working and researching in the fields of contemporary circus, dance and improvisation.
Her work is based on a rich hybridity of circus and dance skills as well as an endless curiosity and openness to experiment. After completing a BA in Media and Cultural Studies in Edinburgh in 2006 and a degree in Circus Arts in Berlin in 2011 (specialising as a flyer of hand to hand and dance acrobatics) she continued to work as a duo in various group creation projects throughout Europe. In 2015 Ana creates her first solo piece I AM (K)NOT, with which she positions herself for the first time as the author of full-length stage work. In 2018, she starts her second creation CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON, which gets shortlisted by Circus Next (platform for emerging authors in the field of contemporary circus) and premieres in 2021 with the support of Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction. In 2022 she starts a new work entitled A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS where she examines hair-hanging through the lens of paralogical thinking. While simultaneously collaborating with other artists and productions Ana continues to be actively involved in gathering physical and intellectual knowledge in order to refine her personal performative language, a work she regularly shares in her workshops Europe wide. 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
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart for the research of A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Receives the GVL / NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship for the research of A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction for the creation of 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, premiered 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 Composition of audio works for I AM (K)NOT (by Hugo Vasco Reis) is fully funded by DGArtes (PT)
2018 Shortlisted by Circus Next - platform for emerging authors in the circus field, with the duo piece DÉCORPS D'INTÉRIEUR
2015 Supported by Circus Next:Labs with I AM (K)NOT for a research laboratory in Recife (BR)
2021 Receives the GVL / NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship for the research of A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction for the creation of 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, premiered 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 Composition of audio works for I AM (K)NOT (by Hugo Vasco Reis) is fully funded by DGArtes (PT)
2018 Shortlisted by Circus Next - platform for emerging authors in the circus field, with the duo piece DÉCORPS D'INTÉRIEUR
2015 Supported by Circus Next:Labs with I AM (K)NOT for a research laboratory in Recife (BR)
