Magic Maids

Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera: Magic Maids

Fri 11. & Sat 12.10., 19.30h, Performance

Choreographers Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera hail from countries known for exporting labour to the West. In their duo, they examine the history of European witch-hunting and how it continues to influence the exploitation of female labour, in particular that of domestic workers from the Global South, to the present day.

In the context of the stigmatisation of migrant workers, accusations of witchcraft still occur even today. "Magic Maids" turns the tide on oppressive power structures. The performance as a cleansing ritual, the broom as an extension of the body and a tool for transformation: it is both a domestic cleaning device and a witch’s vehicle, a symbol of oppression and resistance at the same time. Sharp-witted and revealing, Jocson and Perera remind us of the complex effects of historical injustice on modern labour practices and the power of female solidarity.