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blackmilk

tiran

Performance, 40 min

26.11

22:30-23:10

blackmilk is the first part of a trilogy titled trompoppies.

 

«Trompoppies» is Afrikaans and describes drum majorettes performing a formation dance in uniform. Blackmilk examines one of the choreographic elements of these dances: the precise hand gestures. By merging trompoppies movements with the melodramatic gestures of divas and the gestures associated with black male rap stars, the choreography investigates the distance between African and African American male identity. blackmilk invites a performative dimension into cultural representation of black masculinity and opens it up to a different complexity and sensitivity, which the artist describes as black male melancholia.

 

tiran (he/him)

is a South-African artist, situated between Zurich and Berlin. His performance based practise explores the effect of the body inside unimaginable environments. Using physical depth to create sonic images that deal with culturally loaded themes inside the construction of systems, creating experiences that communicate somatic and psychological landscapes beyond the human condition. He has worked and collaborated with Eszter Salamon, Jerome bel, Trajal Harrell, Meg Stuart, Ligia Lewis, Andros Zins-Browne, Alex Bachzinsky Jenkins, Dorota Gaweda & Eglé Kulbokaite, Price (Mattias Ringgenberg) and with Cullberg ballet under Deborah Hay and Jeftha Van Dinther.

Credits

 

Concept, choreography, direction: tiran

Music: Nkisi
Video: Thyago Saint
Performers video: tiran, Kevin bo, nkisi 
Light: Fudetani Ryoya/tiran 
Co production: Sophiensaele Berlin / Gessneralle Zürich / Tanzquartier Vienna / WPZimmer/Antwerp 
Residency support: Tanzhaus Zürich / Buda Kortrijk / WP Zimmer Antwerp