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Dance and Puppetry Artist 🇨🇦
Alberta Rep- @dancetransition
naaaaaasty woman relentlessly making weird art🩸

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Having my show Right Hand Woman mentioned in @nytimes this week was a pants-pooping moment.

I promise I will stop talking about this show next week!

In the meantime, 2 more performances at @puppetfringenyc this weekend - Ticket link in bio. by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

Another productive day on set of Mud and the Sinfulness of Others! After a week of rain and snow we lucked out with some gorgeous sunlight that helped achieve this stunning imagery.

Huge shout-out to our brilliant team: Director @dogstar_dance_theater Dancer @jocelyn_rocha Photographer and Assistant @drewberry.photography and costume designer @aliceortonacoles

#cinematography #lightingdesign

#standaretopost @stanforcreators taken in The Petrolia Discovery Foundation Inc. by @jocelyn_rocha

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7 months ago

Music as Puppetry - The Marionette Doll and the Puppet Maestro

GIF and photography by the endlessly creative @miketanphoto
Director - @val_ha_lah
Costume Design and Creation - @hannah.r.harvester
Mask and Puppet Design and Creation - @juan_dawn by @jocelyn_rocha

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a year ago

I never dreamed that my work would be selected to be presented in New York City - yet here we are at our technical rehearsal at The Flamboyàn Theatre in the Clemente Center, Lower East Side Manhattan.

The greatest gift of making and performing the work-in-progress of Right Hand Woman in different cities have been the connections formed with collaborators, audiences, festival staff and volunteers after the show - sharing stories, hopes, ideas, hearts close together, hugging, dreaming, laughing and laughing, wiping away tears, holding our experiences, histories, futures, sisters, up on our shoulders with love and pride and rage and humour. I thank my collaborators, my mentors, for this opportunity to participate in the world in this meaningful way. Just a little freak woman from Alberta and her menstrual puppetry.

So much more to come. Down with the patriarchy 🔥

📸tech rehearsal by @sam.jay.reichel with @marlohepburn and @juan_dawn at @puppetfringenyc @theclemente by @jocelyn_rocha

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a month ago

Just a few faves from NYC 🎉

@longgrassstudio
@juan_dawn
@littlemshiggins
@marlohepburn
@sam.jay.reichel
@the_freakfamily
@puppetfringenyc
@fille_et_jouet
Puppet woman head piece by Theodora Skipitares by @jocelyn_rocha

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a month ago

Music as Puppetry

Rain can’t stop us—Music as Puppetry is rescheduled for this Friday!

Music as Puppetry is a whimsical, all-ages interdisciplinary performance by Jocelyn Mah and James Watson blending live violin, contemporary dance, and mask theatre. Born from a collaborative process where choreography and music were developed side by side, the story follows “Violon”, a marionette doll, as she resists the control of the Maestro and discovers freedom through play. The work invites audiences of all ages to reflect on creativity, autonomy, and human connection.

After the performance, audience members of all ages will be invited to join in a short movement exploration, as well as an up-close look at the work’s exquisite costumes, mask and puppet. Questions and photos welcome!

📅 Friday August 28th
⏰ 7:00pm-8:30pm
📍 containR Art Park in Inglewood | 925 9 Ave SE
🎟️ FREE
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Friendly (All ages welcome) by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

Two American premieres tonight at @puppetfringenyc , including Right Hand Woman, after a @nytimes mention yesterday 😳

Epic journey up the vaginal canal starts today - pack your purses!

GRATEFUL for this adventure

Ticket link in bio by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

🧵✨ RIGHT HAND WOMAN — A PUPPETRY JOURNEY THROUGH THE MENSTRUATING BODY

From Canada, Jocelyn Mah brings a bold, surreal, and unforgettable work to the International Puppet Fringe NYC Festival.

Right Hand Woman follows puppet characters Tony Tamponi, Nurse Speculum, and Aida IUD on a wild journey up the vaginal canal—a theatrical exploration of everyday struggles, empowerment, and the experience of living in a menstruating body. The performance blends dance, theatre, and puppetry in a unique and provocative celebration of womanhood.

🎭 RIGHT HAND WOMAN
🇨🇦 Jocelyn Mah — Canada
🔞 For adult audiences

📅 August 13 — 6:00 PM
📅 August 15 — 12:00 PM
📅 August 16 — 11:00 AM
📍 Flamboyan Theater — Lower East Side, NYC

🎟️ Tickets available now!
Be part of this one-of-a-kind puppetry experience at Puppet Fringe NYC.

#IPFFNYC #PuppetFringeNYC #PuppetsTakeOverTheBigApple #InternationalPuppetFringe #IPFF2026 taken in New York, New York by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

... 🎉🎉 SURPRISE 🎉🎉

Right Hand Woman is ALSO headed to @puppetfringenyc in NEW YORK CITY this week!

It's been the surprise of a lifetime to find out that my very own Vagina Monologue will be part of the festival's official International Selections - one of only two Canadian works. A woman, her bloody tampon, and a dream... to burn the patriarchy.

🥂To the women who made this show happen!
@rush_test4ech0
@swanproductionhouse
@hannah.r.harvester
@juan_dawn
@marylouditta
@sibapbap
@taylorhan_
@daryaa_ivanovaa
@marlohepburn

And new trailer by the ever-brilliant @the_mattbox ♥️

Off we go 🧳 by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

THIS TEAM
… is headed to New York City
@puppetfringenyc

Team Prairie-Women-Artists
Team CANADA

My heart is so full!
@littlemshiggins
@juan_dawn
@marlohepburn
@longgrassstudio

Photos by my Sam J. Reichel @sam.jay.reichel by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

Niche context: rehearsing your serious contemporary dance solo in your mind in the waiting room before your Pap smear 🤔

What a pleasure to attend and perform at @milezerodance ‘s joyful Magpie Collection, with the support of @gerrydance @foxtrotting.emus.on.the.hill @daryaa_ivanovaa @platygonus @the_mattbox
I LOVE EDMONTON

Photos by the wonderful @elabundio

This serious contemporary dance solo has a seriously big secret performance coming up…. I can hardly believe it 😳 pants have been pooped

RIGHT HAND WOMAN
@rush_test4ech0 - Voiceover
@hannah.r.harvester - Costume design and construction, Puppet design and construction
@juan_dawn - Puppet design and construction, Voiceover
@swanproductionhouse - Dramaturgy
@sibapbap - Outside Eye, Project Support
@daryaa_ivanovaa - Stage Manager, Outside Eye
@marylouditta - Voiceover, Project Support
@taylorhan_ - Choreographic and Project Support
@jocelyn_rocha - Writer, Choreographer and Performer by @jocelyn_rocha

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2 months ago

New York Puppet Fringe here we come! The tittle says it all. One for Sorrow Two for Joy is an adult themed puppet show with fantastic original live music. A story about one woman growing up on the Canadian Prairies at the turn of the last century. Tender, thoughtful and funny, what more can you ask for? by @jocelyn_rocha

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