Eisa Jocson
b. 1986, Manila, Philippines
lives in San Juan, La Union, Philippines
Eisa Jocson is a contemporary choreographer and dancer from the Philippines. She exposes body politics in the service and entertainment industry as seen through the unique 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 all her creations – from pole to macho dancing to princess and to zoo animals – capital is the driving force of movement pushing the indentured body into spatial geographies.
Jocson is a recipient of the 2018 Cultural Centre of the Philippines 13 Artists Award, Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2019, Seoul MediaCity Biennale SeMa-HANA Award 2021, and the Tabori International Award 2023.
