Tickle the Sleeping Giant

A Performance by Trajal Harrell Dance Style

A mix of contemporary runway fashion, voguing dance tradition, and contemporary dance performance, Tickle the Sleeping Giant offers an astonishing challenge to the dance world. Working with Meshell N’degeocello, the multiple Grammy Award-nominated jazz musician, and Joseph Carter, design director at Marc Jacobs, choreographer Trajal Harrell turns The Graduate Center into a fashion pavilion-and turns a fashion show into art-with the fifth installment of his remarkable series. The performance will take place before and after a panel on dance with choreographers, dance critics, and art historians.

Cosponsored by the Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Tuesday, December 16th – 5PM performance, 6PM, panel discussion, 7PM repeat performance.

Panelists include:
Olivia George, Director Bronx Museum of Art
Brent Edwards, Assoc. Professor, Rutgers University
Greg Tate, writer and critic, The Village Voice
Susannah Sloat, Dance critic & writer
Guy Trebay, writer, critic, The New York Times, fashion & style