Trilogy with surprising perspectives
Voguing, Japanese butoh, ancient Greek theatre performance art and contemporary dance – the American choreographer Trajal Harrell conjures up his elegant, subtle vocabulary from a wide range of genres.
He bases his major new trilogy Porca Miseria on the stories and battles of three very different, but equally strong women: like the character of Maggie from Tennessee's Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Medea, the tragic heroine from Greek mythology. Through them he explores issues of identity, gender, sexuality and power in a compelling way, breaking the boundaries between dance, theatre and the visual arts.
The first part is both art installation and performance, the middle part is a film, and the third part is shown in a theater setting.
dates
Sat June 18 5:15 PM
Sun June 19 5:15 PM
Prices
- default € 57
- HF Young € 20
- CJP/student € 12
language & duration
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Language no problem
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3 hours 50 minutes (met 1 pauze)
Background
‘The appropriation of fashion language into dance comes from the voguing dance tradition. The runway as my signature and as an architectural space within the dance composition continues to guide my formal process and hopefully will contain a lasting contribution to dance and art history.’
- Trajal Harrell
Trajal Harrell’s most conspicuous work was the eight-part performance series Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church. Judson Church was where a group of dance pioneers in the 1960s (Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Steve Paxton and many others) developed the concepts of postmodern dance. The series is designed as an encounter between this early postmodern dance and voguing. Harrell created seven episodes of varying lengths plus a publication.