Trajal Harrell (USA)

Trajall Harell is an American dancer and choreographer. He graduated from Trisha Brown Dance School, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Yale University and other institutions. He drew the attention of the critics with his Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church choreography created as a part of the Danspace Project on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Judson Church Dance Theater. Since 2013, he's been researching the relation between modern dance and Japanese butoh. The results of this work are reflected in his choreography entitled Dancer of the Year, Dancer of the Year Shop (2019).