Trajal Harrell gained international recognition for creating a series of works that bring together the tradition of voguing with early postmodern dance. He is considered to be one of the most important choreographers working in contemporary dance today. In his latest work, the artist ​ also combines theoretical and formal ideas from butoh​ dance, and early modern dance. Weaving the links between different dance ​h​istories, the artist puts the body at the centre of his research exploring the ways in which it becomes a receptacle of memory,​ speculation, the past​, presence, and historical ​f​igures who have inspired this work. Intertwining notions of time, ​t​he historical imagination, and transcultural references, it reveals the multitude of layers that make up the richness of ​the histor​i​es of ​art and contemporary dance.