
The Romeo
By Trajal Harrell
Staging and choreography: Trajal Harrell
Picture a dance. Let’s call it the “Romeo”, after Shakespeare’s young lover who, in ignited enthusiasm, believed he could conquer death. Picture this dance, which would be known all over the world, although no one would know when and where it was created. Some would say that it was first danced many centuries ago while herding sheep in an alpine pasture; others might claim to have seen it for the first time at a rural funeral; perhaps it was created during a break in a mine shaft or after an errant shot during a hunt on the North American steppes; or maybe the daughter of a Japanese fisherman danced the Romeo for the first time when her father had reached the safe shore again after a violent storm.
No matter where the Romeo might have originated: Picture the dance that people of all origins, genders and generations, of all tempers and moods, perform when they have left their tragedies behind and are just dancing. Trajal Harrell will now bring it to Zurich. And maybe that’s where the story really begins.
- Staging, Choreography, Stage design, Costumes
- Trajal Harrell
- Stage Design
- Nadja Sofie Eller
- Soundtrack
- Trajal Harrell / Asma Maroof
- Lighting
- Stéfane Perraud
- Dramaturgy
- Miriam Ibrahim / Katinka Deecke
- Audience Development
- Mathis Neuhaus
- Touring, International Relations & Production
- Björn Pätz / ART HAPPENS
- Production Assistance
- Camille Charlotte Roduit
- Stage design assistance
- Eva Lillian Wagner
- Costume Design Assistant
- Mona Eglsoer / Monika Annabel Zimmer
- Production intern
- Maimuna Barry
- Inspection
- Aleksandar Sascha Dinevski
A production by Schauspielhaus Zürich with the Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble. In Co-production with Festival d’Avignon, Holland Festival (Amsterdam), 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 National (Douai), December Dance - Concertgebouw and Cultuurcentrum Brugge
Supported by Trajal Harrell Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble Fan Club & Michael Ringier
- Premiere: 1. April 2023, Pfauen
- Pfauen
- 🛈 Introduction 30 min before the play on 3.4., 15.4. and 28.4.
- Premiere