ECAL welcomes Cecilia Bengolea and Trajal Harrell for a talk and workshop exploring body, dance, and self-representation.
ECAL Lecture
Monday, April 7, 2025, at 5pm
IKEA Auditorium, ECAL
Cecilia Bengolea explores performance, video, and sculpture, using dance as a tool for empathy and exchange. Inspired by nature and human relationships, she approaches the body, both individual and collective, as a living medium. Her work blends movement, dance, and performance with a sculptural approach, positioning herself as both object and subject of her creations.
Trajal Harrell researches and addresses multiple dance histories such as early postmodern dance, early modern dance , voguing and butoh dance in order to interrogate time, history, and reimagine contemporary possibilities. He made his mark at the 2023 Avignon Festival and the Festival d'Automne in Paris, before receiving the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Founder of the Zurich Dance Ensemble, he is currently shaping an innovative vision of contemporary dance.
ECAL Workshop
April 8–9, 2025, 9am–5pm
Annexe 36, Rue de Genève 103, Lausanne
Trajal Harrell will introduce participants to runway movement and performativity through warm-up exercises and musical playlists that shape his artistic approach. Cecilia Bengolea will guide a workshop on self-representation and performativity, encouraging participants to reflect dynamically on identity and its fluidity in a performative context.
Participants are invited to bring accessories (masks, wigs, makeup), songs (to sing, dance to, or listen to), a video, a monologue, or a personal story.
In collaboration with Théâtre de Sévelin
ECAL Lecture
Monday, April 7, 2025 at 5pm
IKEA Auditorium, ECAL
ECAL Workshop
April 8–9, 2025, 9am–5pm
Annexe 36, Rue de Genève 103, Lausanne
Free entry
