Production Details / Press Releases
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. Trajal Harrell creates the imagination of such a dance overarching epochs – named, perhaps, 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.
[Source: tanzimaugust.de]
TFB Nr. 1790
Cast & Credits
Production, choreography, set design, costume design: Trajal Harrel
Stage Design: Nadja Sofie Eller
Soundtrack: Trajal Harrell, Asma Maroof
Lighting Design: Stéfane Perraud
Dramaturgy: Katinka Deecke, Miriam Ibrahim
With: Frances Chiaverini, 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
Rehearsal Directors: Vânia Doutel Vaz, Maria Ferreira Silva, Stephen Thompson, Ondrej Vidlar
Touring, International Relations, Production: Björn Pätz / ART HAPPENS
Production Assistance: Camille Charlotte Roduit
Stage Design Assistance: Eva Lillian Wagner
Costume Design Assistance: Mona Eglsoer, Lena Bohnet
Production Intern: Mia Frick
Stage design: Nadja Sofie Eller
Soundtrack: Trajal Harrell and Asma Maroof (Soundtrack), Felix Caeser (Complementary original music)
Lighting design: Stéfane Perraud
dramaturgy: Katinka Deecke, Miriam Ibrahim
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
Rehearsal Management: Vânia Doutel Vaz, Maria Ferreira Silva, Stephen Thompson, Ondrej Vidlar
International Relations, Tour & Production Management: Björn Pätz / ART HAPPENS
Production assistance: Camille Charlotte Roduit
Assistant stage manager: Eva Lillian Wagner
Costume Design Assistant: Mona Eglsoer, Lena Bohnet
Production internship: Mia Frick
Technical production management: Birte Dördelmann (Berliner Festspiele)
stage (Berliner Festspiele and HAU): Jesus Avila-Perez, Frederico Baake-Boavida, Hendrik Borowski, Benjamin Brandt, Alan Caro, Daniel Gierlich, Ruprecht Lademann, Mirko Neugart, Louis Rixner, Jule Schüler, Manuel Solms
Light (Berliner Festspiele and HAU): Klaus Dust, Kathrin Kausche, Andreas Kröher, Leander Lienert, Imke Linde, Thomas Schmidt, Lea Schneidermann, Arno Truschinski, Max Wegner, Sachiko Zimmermann-Tajima
Sound and video (Berliner Festspiele and HAU): Jan-Hendrik Bruchwalski, Alexandros Itsodelis, Martin Trümper
Interpretation German Sign Language on 13.8.: Xenia Vitriak
Inspizienz (HAU und Berliner Festspiele): Aleksandar Sascha Dinevski
ART HAPPENS: Björn Pätz
Audience Development: Mathis Neuhaus
Touring Team: Technicians Susanne Affolter, Andreas Greiner, Judith Janser, Jan Hoffmann, Ulrich Kellermann, Liv Senn
Production: Schauspielhaus Zürich with the Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble
Co-production: Berliner Festspiele, Festival d’Avignon, Holland Festival Amsterdam, Singapore International Festival of Arts, 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 Brügge
Supported by Trajal Harrell Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble Fan Club & Michael Ringier.
With the kind support of Pro Helvetia.
In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele.
Tanz im August 2023
Artistic Director: Ricardo Carmona
Executive Producer Festival: Stefan Nagel
Producer & Dramaturge: Alina Lauer
Production und Team Assistance: Luzie Barzen
Dramaturgical Advisor: Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi
Production Associates: Sujmo Akcali, Arantxa Ciafrino, Vivien Hohnholz, Aki Kimura, Mmakgosi Kgabi, Ekaterina Voronova, Benze C. Werner
Technical Director Festival: Ingo Ruggenthaler
Tanz im August is a festival by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Video Documentation
The video documentation is produced on behalf of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The purpose of this contract is to document productions in the field of contemporary dance in Berlin. The master recordings are archived by the University Library of the Berlin University of Arts. Copies of the recordings on DVD are available for viewing exclusively in the reference collections of the following archives (at media desks in these institutions):
University Library of the Berlin University of Arts
Mediathek für Tanz und Theater des Internationalen Theaterinstituts / Mime Centrum Berlin
Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)