Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church
Wednesday, February 9 (M) at 8pm
Thursday, February 10 (M) at 8pm
Thursday, February 10 (XS) at 10pm
Friday, February 11 (M) at 8pm
Friday, February 11 (XS) at 10pm
Saturday, February 12 (M) at 8pm
Sunday, February 13 (S) at 5pm
"What would have happened in 1963 if someone from the voguing ball scene in Harlem had come downtown to perform alongside the early postmoderns at Judson Church?"
Choreographer Trajal Harrell’s project Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church is the culmination of a decade-long inquiry into the parallel histories of postmodern dance and the voguing dance form. Rather than illustrating a historical fiction, each work in the series transports this imagined scenario into a contemporary context to address the shifting relationship of movement to site, class, and identity as well as to comment on how contemporary dance is created, scaled, distributed, and consumed. On this occasion, The Kitchen presents the world premieres of Medium (M), an evening-length ensemble piece*, and Extra Small (XS), a solo made for a limited audience, in addition to a one-time only, command performance of Small (S) following sold-out performances last year at The New Museum.
(*The ensemble piece was created in choreographic collaboration with Cecilia Bengolea, François Chaignaud, and Marlene Freitas.)
Funding and support for Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church has been provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional funding provided by the MAP Fund, the Alfred Meyer Foundation, Skite 2010, and French-US Exchange in Dance (FUSED).
This program is made possible with support from the Jerome Foundation. Dance programs at The Kitchen are made possible with generous support from The Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Photo: ©D.R.
February 9–February 13, 2011
Three ways to buy tickets: Click the BUY button above any time. For walk-ups and phone sales – The Kitchen’s Box Office is open 2 to 6pm, Tuesday-Saturday – (212) 255-5793 x11.
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