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. In 2024, in the context of Beta Circus, Ana explores the field of participatory performance with the piece ONE TWO THREE, AND NOW YOU ARE A TREE, a collaboration with Vincent Kollar, Krista Burāne and Mārtiņš Eihe, premiered at Rīgas Cīrks (LV). |
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 influential mentors like Sharon Fridman, Jozef Frucek, Stefan Sing, Bruno Caverna, Alexandre Fray, Tom Weksler, Aragorn Boulanger, Bauke Lievens, Jean-Michel Guy and Benjamin Richter who have greatly influenced her in her journey of continuously blending the boundaries between circus and dance.
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 influential mentors like Sharon Fridman, Jozef Frucek, Stefan Sing, Bruno Caverna, Alexandre Fray, Tom Weksler, Aragorn Boulanger, Bauke Lievens, Jean-Michel Guy and Benjamin Richter who have greatly influenced her in her journey of continuously blending the boundaries between circus and dance.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
2024 Selected for BETA Circus Participatory Experience (EU) - ONE, TWO, THREE AND NOW YOU ARE A TREE!
2024 Funded by Culture Moves Europe (EU) - A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2023 Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (DE) - I OBJECT!
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart (DE) - MADE IN BERLIN
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart (DE) - ONE AND MANY
2021 Receives the GVL / NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship (DE) - A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction (DE) - CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
2019 Funded by I-Portunus / Creative Europe (EU) - mobility of artists and cultural professionals - CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
2018 Commissioned by Instituto Camões (PT) - creation of ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS, at Night of European Literature (PT)
2018 Commissioned by Bússola (PT) - creation of CHAMA DO MAR at Leme Festival (PT)
2018 Shortlisted by Circus Next (FR) - platform for emerging authors in the circus field - DÉCORPS D'INTÉRIEUR
2015 Supported by Circus Next:Labs (FR) - research laboratory in Recife (BR) I AM (K)NOT
2024 Funded by Culture Moves Europe (EU) - A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2023 Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (DE) - I OBJECT!
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart (DE) - MADE IN BERLIN
2022 Funded by Fonds Dartsellende Künste #takeheart (DE) - ONE AND MANY
2021 Receives the GVL / NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship (DE) - A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS
2021 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeaction (DE) - CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
2019 Funded by I-Portunus / Creative Europe (EU) - mobility of artists and cultural professionals - CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
2018 Commissioned by Instituto Camões (PT) - creation of ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS, at Night of European Literature (PT)
2018 Commissioned by Bússola (PT) - creation of CHAMA DO MAR at Leme Festival (PT)
2018 Shortlisted by Circus Next (FR) - platform for emerging authors in the circus field - DÉCORPS D'INTÉRIEUR
2015 Supported by Circus Next:Labs (FR) - research laboratory in Recife (BR) I AM (K)NOT
