TRAJAL HARRELL came to contemporary dance world fame with the Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church series of works that theoretically juxtaposed the voguing dance tradition with the early postmodern dance tradition. He is now considered as one of the most important choreographers working in the field of dance and performance. His work has been presented in many artistic contexts including MoMA, MoMA PS1, Manchester International Festival, Festival d’Avignon, The Barbican Centre (London), Performa Biennial, Fondation Cartier (Paris), Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Ludwig Museum (Cologne), Kanal Pompidou (Brussels), MUDAM (Luxembourg), The New Museum (New York), The Margulies Art Warehouse (Miami), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Serralves Museum (Porto), Centre Pompidou-Paris and Metz, Kanal Pompidou (Brussels), ICA Boston and Art Basel-Miami Beach, among others. His work was most recently presented at The Gwangju Biennial and São Paulo Bienal. He also completed the first film of his work, Friend of Friend, in collaboration with visual artist Sarah Sze, directed by Thierry Villeneuveand commissioned by Fondation Cartier. Currently, his dance company is based in the Schauspielhaus Zurich, where he is the new founding director of Trajal Harrell/Schauspielhaus Zurich Dance Ensemble.