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OUT+ABOUT WITH TRAJAL HARRELL

Zurich Art Weekend invites international dancer and choreographer Trajal Harrell to share his favourite spots around town.
Photo: Bea Borgers
The Romeo Foto © Orpheas Emirzas
The Romeo Foto © Orpheas Emirzas
For food I take you right away to BUND 39 And every time you arrive, you ask if we can go there. I love to drop in for the perfect whatever to wear when you need it most at JULIAN ZIGERLI FLAGSHIP STORE; GLOSS; and the COOP for socks and paper clips.  I repeat, the bar and eatery in one, BAR LUPO I repeat… I wish we had our own permanent room at HOTEL PLATTENHOF. My classic sit-down with a glass, a piece of bread, some olive oil and salt and pepper remains ROSSO. For snacks, let’s go to SPRÜNGLI. For clothes and home I’m super happy I know about KAZU ATELIER&STORE in person and online. And a major shout out to ZURICH AIRPORT! I adore.

The American choreographer Trajal Harrell (*in Douglas, Georgia) gained global recognition with his series of works ‘Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church’ and is now a regular guest on the international dance and visual arts circuit. The unique style of Trajal Harrell’s works is a result not just of the unusual way in which he combines dance languages that might seem very distant from each other, such as voguing, post­modern dance and butoh, but also and above all of the fragility and humour that pervade all his work. His  pieces are always an homage to the people standing on stage. He clothes them in carefully ­selected fabrics, draws major inspiration from developments in haute couture, and his highly personal style of movement turns his performers into unusual and autonomous beings. He performs in most of his pieces himself.
Since 2019 Trajal Harrell has been in-house director at Schauspielhaus Zürich, where he directs the Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble. 

STAGED AT SCHAUSPIELHAUS ZÜRICH
The Köln Concert 2023 re-run at Pfauen on June 4th, 2024*
Monkey off My Back or the Cat’s Meow
Deathbed (March 2022,
in cooperation with Kunsthalle Zürich)
The House of Bernarda Alba
The Romeo
Tambourines

AWARDS
Dancer of the Year (Magazin tanz)
The Köln Concert named Best Dance Performances of 2023 by The New York Times
Silver Lion Biennale Danza 2024
among others

INVITATIONS
MoMa New York
Festival d’Avignon
Holland Festival
Manchester International Festival
Festival d’Automne
American Realness Festival
Berliner Festspiele
Barbican Arts Centre London
Singapore International Festival of Arts
amongst others

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