trompoppies: blackmilk
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 a cultural representation of black masculinity and opens it up to different complexity and sensitivity, which the artist describes as black male melancholia.
is an artist, born in South Africa, living in Berlin and Zurich. His performance-based practice explores the body inside an unimaginable environment. Using physical depth to create sonic images that deal with the construction of systems, creating experiences that communicate somatic and psychological landscapes beyond the human condition. He has worked and collaborated with Eszter Salamon, Jérôme Bel, Trajal Harrell, Meg Stuart, Ligia Lewis, Andros Zins-Browne, Alex Baczyński Jenkins, Dorotha Gawęda, and Eglė Kulbokaitė (Young girl reading group), Price (Mathias Rinngenberg) and with Cullberg ballet under Deborah Hay and Jefta van Dinther.
Credits
Director, choreography, performance tiran Light design Fudetani Ryoya, tiran Music Manuel Riegler, tiran Costume lml studio Thank you to Nkisi, Kevin Bo, Mateusz Szymanówka, Thyago Sainte – A coproduction by tiran and Tanzquartier Wien, SOPHIENSÆLE, Berlin, Gessnerallee Zurich and WPZimmer, Antwerp. The residency was supported by Tanzhaus Zurich; Buda, Kortrijk; Les Urbaines, Lausanne.
Day ticket including both KIRKPINAR and trompoppies: blackmilk available
Waiting numbers for remaining tickets are handed out at the evening box office opening 30 min before showtime.
Note: Strobe lighting effects will be used during this performance.