work-in-progress sharing AAA

Jana Jacuka (1995, LV/NL) is a choreographer and performer, recently graduated from the DAS Theater Master program in Amsterdam.

During her Master's research, Jana explored laughter as sound and primarily focused on the letters H and A. In her new work AAA she wants to open up the whole alphabet and invite each letter onto the stage. She is curious to investigate each letter's vocal, physical and political nuances. Her practice lies between extreme vocal techniques and choreography: she grunts, fry-screams, and speaks while inhaling, allowing the voice to become an extension of the body—like another limb with which to create choreography.

This residency is an invitation to revisit what was once discarded. Together with dramaturg Eva Susova, Jana returns to the unperformed materials from her latest work HA—ideas, sounds, and fragments that never made it to the stage—to lay the foundation for her new work AAA in collaboration with Homo Novus Festival 2026 (LV).

On Thursday, January 22, we are happy to invite you to a work-in-progress showing of Jana Jacuka's new work AAA.