ABOUT US
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.
Awards
Dancer of the Year 2018 (tanz magazine), The New York Times counts The Köln Concert among the Best Dance Performances 2023, Silver Lion Venice Biennale Dance 2024, etc.
Produced in Zurich
The Köln Concert, Deathbed, Monkey off My Back or the Cat’s Meow, Das Haus von Bernarda Alba, The Romeo, Tambourines
PRESS QUOTES
“Trajal Harrell doesn’t preach diversity, he lives it. His dance promotes a sense of community. He was one of the Zurich Schauspielhaus’s trump cards. The American choreographer became famous worldwide with his dance ensemble.”
Lilo Weber, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Trajal Harrell is one of the greatest dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance.” “...as astonishing as it may be, Harrell’s intelligent theater, which initially comes across as an art created only for artists, succeeds in drawing us all into his wonderful space, created for all of us, in which we can hear music that is important for all of us in a new way, see dance in a new way, think ourselves anew, experience ourselves collectively”.
Wiebke Hüster, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Harrell’s signature runway movement, lush and strong, had a new maturity, resulting in a dance that possessed the clarity of a jewel”.
Gia Kourlas and Brian Seibert, The New York Times
BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER AND SUPPORTER NOW
As a founding member, you shape the present and future of the Zurich Dance Ensemble. Our supporters play an essential role in furthering our mission to preserve our extensive repertoire, create new works and make Zürich Dance Ensemble accessible to all through outreach programs. We invite you to explore the various ways to get involved and join the first founding members and supporters.
In return, you will be invited to premieres and performances in Switzerland and abroad. You will experience the creation of new works in Zurich and be in active exchange with Trajal Harrell and his ensemble. Of course, you, your foundation or your company will be named if you wish.
Founder & Patron | CHF 25’000 |
For more information, contact the office at: info@zurichdanceensemble.ch
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PERFORMANCES & DATES
The Romeo
Théâtre National Wallonie-Brussel, Brussels, December 12 + 13, 2024
Maggie the Cat
Charleroi Danse, Charleroi, January 29, 2025
Dancer of the Year
Teatro Studio Borgna, Rome, February 12, 2025
Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church
TEA Exhibition, Madrid, December 18 + 19, 2024
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, March 18, 2025
The Köln Concert
Teatro Central, Seville, November 30, 2024
Side Step Festival, Helsinki, February 1, 2025
Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, March 22 + 23, 2025
Sadler's Wells, London, April 4 + 5, 2025
Tambourines
Schauspielhaus Zürich, Zurich, April 24 - 26, 2025
CONTACT
Zürich Dance Ensemble
Kirchgasse 50
8001 Zürich
Switzerland
Management, International Relations & Touring
Björn Pätz
info@zurichdanceensemble.ch
+41 79 262 54 11
ABOUT US
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 Zurich 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 Zurich 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, but also in Berlin, Brussels, Rome, Geneva, Lausanne and Bern, the Zurich Dance Ensemble will regularly tour nationally and internationally.
Awards
Dancer of the Year 2018 (tanz magazine), The New York Times counts The Köln Concert among the Best Dance Performances 2023, Silver Lion Venice Biennale Dance 2024, etc.
Produced in Zurich
The Köln Concert, Deathbed, Monkey off My Back or the Cat’s Meow, Das Haus von Bernarda Alba, The Romeo, Tambourines
PRESS QUOTES
“Trajal Harrell doesn’t preach diversity, he lives it. His dance promotes a sense of community. He was one of the Zurich Schauspielhaus’s trump cards. The American choreographer became famous worldwide with his dance ensemble.”
Lilo Weber,
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Trajal Harrell is one of the greatest dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance.”
“...as astonishing as it may be, Harrell’s intelligent theater, which initially comes across as an art created only for artists, succeeds in drawing us all into his wonderful space, created for all of us, in which we can hear music that is important for all of us in a new way, see dance in a new way, think ourselves anew, experience ourselves collectively”.
Wiebke Hüster,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Harrell’s signature runway movement, lush and strong, had a new maturity, resulting in a dance that possessed the clarity of a jewel”.
Gia Kourlas and Brian Seibert,
The New York Times
BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER AND SUPPORTER NOW
As a founding member, you shape the present and future of the Zurich Dance Ensemble. Our supporters play an essential role in furthering our mission to preserve our extensive repertoire, create new works and make Zürich Dance Ensemble accessible to all through outreach programs. We invite you to explore the various ways to get involved and join the first founding members and supporters.
In return, you will be invited to premieres and performances in Switzerland and abroad. You will experience the creation of new works in Zurich and be in active exchange with Trajal Harrell and his ensemble. Of course, you, your foundation or your company will be named if you wish.
Founder & Patron | CHF 25’000 |
Thank you very much for your transfer:
Account holder: Zürich Dance Ensemble
Bank: Zürcher Kantonalbank
IBAN: CH84 0070 0114 9016 2793 1
BIC: ZKBKCHZZ80A
PERFORMANCES & DATES
The Romeo
Théâtre National Wallonie-Brussel, Brussels, December 12 + 13, 2024
Maggie the Cat
Charleroi Danse, Charleroi, January 29, 2025
Dancer of the Year
Teatro Studio Borgna, Rome, February 12, 2025
Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church
TEA Exhibition, Madrid, December 18 + 19, 2024
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, March 18, 2025
The Köln Concert
Teatro Central, Seville, November 30, 2024
Side Step Festival, Helsinki, February 1, 2025
Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, March 22 + 23, 2025
Sadler's Wells, London, April 4 + 5, 2025
Tambourines
Schauspielhaus Zürich, Zurich, April 24 - 26, 2025
CONTACT
Zürich Dance Ensemble
Kirchgasse 50
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
Management, International Relations & Touring
Björn Pätz
info@zurichdanceensemble.ch
+41 79 262 54 11