“A friend of a friend put a hand around me, ha

I’m feeling insecure but I just went hahahaha”

In everyday situations, our boundaries are often crossed,

leaving us unsure of how to respond.

HA explores the performativity of laughter as an escaping mechanism.

By stripping away theatrical distractions, Jana Jacuka’s solo work emphasizes the raw and

essential elements of performance,

inviting the audience to engage with the visceral experience of extreme vocal practices.

HA is an investigation of the voice as a choreographic tool.

In HA the voice becomes an extension of the body.

She grunts, fry-screams, speaks while inhaling and shifts into communication beyond words.

She will come empty handed.

It’s just the space,

her and you,

and suddenly

HA

Jana Jacuka (1995) is a Latvian choreographer and performer, based in Amsterdam,Masters degree graduate at DAS Theater.She is curious to create performances almost out of nothing and uses her body, voice and text as the departure points. For the past two years, she has been exploring the voice and the letters H and A. She investigates how the voice can become an extension of the body — like another limb with which to create choreography.

Her works have been presented at Frascati (NL), Amsterdam Carré (NL), DansBrabant (NL), the AUAwirleben Festival (CH), Kanuti Gildi Saal and SAAL Biennaal (EE), the Homo Novus festival (LV), among others.

As a performer and co-thinker she has collaborated with artists such as Marina Abramović, Dries Verhoeven, Arno Schuitemaker and many others.

Tīna Pētersone is an independent curator from Riga, Latvia. Her practice spans exhibitions, performances, and collective projects, often starting from what’s missing – in context or content – and building from that absence to make new collaborations and relationships possible.

She is a co-founder of Riga Art Week and works with Liepāja 2027, European Capital of Culture, where she develops contemporary art commissions. Her recent independent projects include Eternal Returnby Emilija Škarnulytė (Riga Art Week, 2025), Aftermath by Nelly Agassi (Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, 2025), Selling Out (Ljubljana Art Weekend, 2024), and Field of Vision (Zuzeum Museum, 2023).