COPTERS AND HEARSES will be yours on the 17th January 2026 at
@theplacelondon
COPTERS AND HEARSES is the lovechild between choreographer JJ James and fashion designer Joca Veiga. Following the futile journey to the fully optimised human through a landscape of over-consumption, modern day health culture and “self-care”, this work zooms into the monotony of the capitalist machine and the guises of fulfilment that fuel it. Six performers cycle through doomed rituals of modern-day culture, consistently failing to transform into their spotless selves. What is left once the obsession is over, once the caricature is fully replicated? What do we have left that we cannot commodify?
Choreographer and Director: JJ James
@wiy00m
Fashion Designer and Art Director: Joca Veiga
@joca.veiga
Photographer: Klaudija Avotina
@_aklaudija
Photographer Assistant: David Campoverde
@davchofcs
Lead Image Model: Sula Castle
@sulacastle
Dramaturg: Sula Castle
@sulacastle
Rehearsal Director: Sophie Ormiston
@sophie_ormy
Composer: Seirian Griffiths
@5eirian
Performers: Louisa Fernando
@_louisa.fernando_ Darinka Bojorquez
@darinkabp Sam Dilkes
@sam_dilkes Nicole Nevitt
@nicnevitt Natnael Dawit
@foetus and Yu-Chien Cheng
@yuch1en
Additional R&D: Spike King
@spikeking and Sophie Ormiston
@sophie_ormy
This work has been a collaborative process between generous and versatile artists, influence can be found across all aspects of the team. None of this could have been possible without such an incredible group, along with the generosity and support of Middlesex University
@mdxunidance @mdx_fashion and BalletBoyz
@balletboyz 
