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.

From 2019 to July 2024, Trajal Harrell led his dance company at Schauspielhaus Zürich with great success. After the end of Nicolas Stemann and Benjamin von Blomberg’s directorship, Trajal Harrell decided to stay in Zurich and found the Zürich Dance Ensemble with administrative and artistic headquarters in the city of Zurich. This is the first time in Harrell’s international career that he and his company permanently united themselves to a city.

The aim is to create a permanent and visible place for the company in connection with Zurich’s cultural institutions and festivals, to develop dance projects for the population of the city and the canton and, as the Zürich Dance Ensemble, to be internationally touring dance ambassadors for the city of Zurich.

From the Whitney Museum in New York to the Singapore International Festival of Arts, from the Festival d’Automne in Paris to ImPulsTanz Vienna and the Venice Biennale, as well as in Berlin, Brussels, Rome, Geneva, Lausanne and Bern, the Zürich Dance Ensemble will regularly tour nationally and internationally.

Produced in Zurich

The Köln Concert /
Deathbed /
Monkey off My Back or the Cat’s Meow /
Das Haus von Bernarda Alba /
The Romeo /
Tambourines /
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