5 – 7 February

Trajal Harrell / Zürich Dance Ensemble — Caen Amour

Booking Required

Choreographed by Trajal Harrell and performed by the Zürich Dance Ensemble, Caen Amour blurs the line between dance and runway, mixing representation with sharp cultural commentary. The piece draws on the late-19th-century hoochie-coochie and orientalist spectacle, reworking those flamboyant gestures into a transcultural odyssey. Costumes, music and lighting interplay to sculpt a theatrical, sensual atmosphere where movement, pageantry and critique collide, inviting reflection on performance, identity and spectacle.

Place Beatriz-Consuelo,
1206 Genève
Photo Credit: © Orpheas Emirazas
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Photo Credit: © Orpheas Emirazas

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