Guest Performance / Dance
The Romeo
Trajal Harrell / Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble
As part of Tanz im August
35th International Festival Berlin
presented by HAU Hebbel am Ufer
German Premiere
© Schauspielhaus Zürich
Picture a dance that could be at home in countless different places and times. One that is danced by people of all generations and genders, of all temperaments and moods. And it is danced to celebrate the defeat of a personal or collective tragedy.
Together with the Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble, Trajal Harrell creates the imagination of such a dance overarching epochs – named after the headstrong lover from Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet”, who dying defied death. Responding to this inspiration, “The Romeo” follows the primal impulse behind the desire to dance and to transcend the here and now.
Cast
Trajal Harrell – Staging, choreography, stage design, costumes
Nadja Sofie Eller – Stage design
Trajal Harrell, Asma Maroof – Soundtrack
Felix Casaer – Complementary original music
Stéfane Perraud – Lighting design
Katinka Deecke / Miriam Ibrahim– Dramaturgy
Vânia Doutel Vaz, Maria Ferreira Silva, Stephen Thompson, Ondrej Vidlar – Rehearsal directors
Mathis Neuhaus – Audience development
Camille Charlotte Roduit – Production assistance
Eva Lillian Wagner – Stage design assistance
Mona Eglsoer / Lena Bohnet – Costume design assistance
Mia Frick – Production intern
Aleksandar Sascha Dinevski – Stage management
Björn Pätz / ART HAPPENS – Touring, international relations, production
With
Frances Chiaverini (not on stage in Berlin),Vânia Doutel Vaz, Maria Ferreira Silva, Rob Fordeyn, Challenge Gumbodete, Trajal Harrell, New Kyd, Thibault Lac, Christopher Matthews, Nasheeka Nedsreal, Perle Palombe, Norel Amestoy Penck, Stephen Thompson, Songhay Toldon
Production: Schauspielhaus Zürich with the Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble.
Co-production: Festival d’Avignon, Holland Festival Amsterdam, Singapore International Festival of Arts, Berliner Festspiele, La Villette Paris, Festival D’Automne à Paris, Comédie de Genève, La Bâtie-Festival de Genève, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand scène nationale, TANDEM – Scène Nationale Douai, December Dance – Concertgebouw and Cultuurcentrum Brugge.
Supported by: Trajal Harrell Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble Fan Club & Michael Ringier
With the kind support of Pro Helvetia
Organiser Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Tanz im August is a festival of HAU Hebbel am Ufer, supported by means of the Capital City Cultural Fund.
www.tanzimaugust.de