Trajal Harrell

Trajal Harrell
Born 1973 (age 44–45)
Douglas, Georgia
Education Trisha Brown School, Centre National de la Dansearis, City College of San Francisco, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
Alma mater Yale University
Occupation Dancer, choreographer, artist
Years active 2004 - present
Notable work Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church
The Ghost of Montpellier Meets the Samurai
Style Contemporary
Postmodern
Awards Bessie Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Creative Capital Award
Website www.betatrajal.org

Trajal Harrell is an American dancer and choreographer. Best known for a series entitled Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church, Harrell "confronts the history, construction, and interpretation of contemporary dance."[1][2]

Harrell's work has been presented at festivals in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Rio De Janeiro, Montreal, and the Netherlands, and at venues including The Kitchen, New York Live Arts, the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Performance Space 122, Philadelphia Live Arts, REDCAT, Cornell University, Colorado College, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. He has shown performance work in visual art contexts at The Museum of Modern Art, the New Museum, MoMA PS1, Fondation Cartier pour L’art Contemporain, the Bronx Museum of the Arts; Fundação Serralves, Centre Pompidou-Metz, and Art Basel.[3][4]

Harrell has received fellowships from organizations including the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2014), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The Saison Foundation, the Art Matters Foundation, and the Doris Duke Foundation.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Boynton, Andrew (May 1, 2012). "When Drag and Modern Dance Collide". The New Yorker. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ↑ La Rocca, Claudia (April 27, 2012). "Another Chapter in a Personal Myth That Keeps Growing Darker". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Chae, Julie (December 11, 2012). "Trajal Harrell: The Next Martha Graham Has Arrived!". Huffiington Post. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Gantz, Jeffrey (March 26, 2016). "'Twenty Looks' lights up the ICA". Boston Globe. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Trajal Harrell: In one step are a thousand animals". moma.org. Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Trajal Harrell". Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 14 June 2016.


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