Trajal Harrell, A Way of Moving
In a career spanning almost 30 years, American dancer-choreographer Trajal Harrell has created a body of work borne of a rich imagination and an enquiring mind.
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Records are for keeping. A record of the past in permanent form, an account. An official report. The sum of past achievements. The best, most remarkable event of its kind, a world record, no less. A record, too, a thin plastic disc which carries sound in the grooves of its surface, unlocked by the needle of a record player. Records can be ‘set straight’ or entrusted ‘off the record.’ To record is to remember, to commit to memory. So what then of a “New World Record”?
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In a career spanning almost 30 years, American dancer-choreographer Trajal Harrell has created a body of work borne of a rich imagination and an enquiring mind.
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