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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One of the first dances I reviewed for Fjord was Jack Ferver’s hilarious yet penetrating “Everything is Imaginable” at New York Live Arts. It featured a series of solos in which accomplished dancers from different genres portrayed their childhood idols. In one vignette, Martha Graham Dance Company principal Lloyd Knight became Martha Graham. Last week at the Guggenheim, the Works &Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival premiered a fleshed-out, hourlong treatment of this concept: “The Drama” by Knight, Ferver, and filmmaker Jeremy Jacob. This time, Knight depicted himself as well as Graham, in a compelling work that told his life’s story through dance, film and the spoken word.
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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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Continua a leggereVous les voyez, les étoiles dans la salle?” the woman next to me whispered as the lights dimmed. And indeed, the stalls glittered with former stars of the Paris Opéra Ballet— dancers I recognised, visibly moved and deep in conversation during the interval.
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