Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (L)

Trajal Harrell: Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (L)

"When Drag and Modern Dance Collide" —The New Yorker

“[Harrell] left just enough chinks in his armor of struts, jutting hips and commanding gazes to remind us that the most startling power of performance often lives in its exquisite vulnerability.” —The New York Times

West Coast premiere
Sharon Disney Lund Dance Series

With a bold theatrical vision and a potent score of remixed pop, electronica and more, Trajal Harrell concocts an intoxicating blend 
of strutting, voguing, extravagantly outré fashion and irresistible movement in the latest and largest edition of his acclaimed series of works inspired by 
a provocative question: What if the Harlem ball culture of the 1960s had paraded its way into downtown New York’s early postmodern dance scene? This speculation is smartly brought into a contemporary context through Harrell’s choreography for an international ensemble of virtuosic dancers. As a genre-bending exploration of race, gender, sexuality, culture and history, the resulting Antigone Sr. is much more than a fierce, all-male take on the classic tragedy. It serves up a revelatory investigation of Sophocles’ themes, set to dance music with deep bass.

Funded in part with generous support from the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts; and with support from the National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program. For more information, visit npnweb.org.

New England Foundation for the Arts

Associated Images: 

Date/TimeGM/STCA
THU 4/3
8:30 pm
$20$16$10
FRI 4/4
8:30 pm
$20$16$10
SAT 4/5
8:30 pm
$25$20$12
SUN 4/6
7:00 pm
$25$20$12

G - General Audience

M - REDCAT Members

ST - Students

CA - CalArts Students/Faculty/Staff