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History

For more than 20 years, dancer Trajal Harrell has been creating pieces for international dance and theater companies as well as museums and art institutions. He is now one of the most important choreographers in contemporary dance and has maintained long-term partnerships with first-class art institutions worldwide with his ensemble for many years.

Trajal Harrell (*in Douglas, Georgia, USA) gained international recognition for his first period of work which addressed the historical links between the early postmodern dance and the voguing dance tradition. His audience and critical recognition grew further with his second period which theoretically addressed the bifocal lens between butoh dance and early modern dance. He is considered to be one of the most important choreographers working in contemporary dance today.

The artist puts the body at the centre of his research exploring the ways in which it becomes a receptacle of memory, speculation, the past, presence, and historical figures who have inspired his work. Intertwining notions of time, the historical imagination, and transcultural references, his oeuvre reveals the multitude of layers that make up the richness of the histories of art and contemporary dance. His work is presented internationally in theaters, museums, festivals and galleries.