Agenda

14.03 - 11.05.2025

ProtoZone18

curated by Michelangelo Miccolis
23.05 - 20.07.2025

ProtoZone19

curated by Phila Bergmann & Thea Reifler
01.08 - 28.09.2025

ProtoZone20 (FINALE)

curated by Lucie Tuma, Michelangelo Miccolis, Phila Bergmann & Thea Reifler

Tiran
Willemse

blackmilk 

Performance and Video

 

“Trompoppies” is an Afrikaans word for “Drum Majorettes” who perform formation dance in uniform. blackmilk looks at one of the main choreographic elements of these trompoppies dances – the precise hand gestures. Through morphing Trompoppies movements with melodramatic gestures of white divas and heavy gesticulation linked to the image of black male rap-stars, the choreographer explores the performative dimension of race and gender. The practice invites a new kind of sensitivity into cultural representations of black masculinity, opening them up to queer readings.

 

 

PERFORMANCE CREDITS

Choreography & Performance: Tiran Willemse

Music: Manuel Riegler

Styling: Lucas Meyer-Leclère/LML Studio

Production: Paelden Tamnyen, Rabea Grand

Co production of blackmilk with Sophiensaele Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Gessnerallee Zürich, WP Zimmer Antwerp

Residency support by Tanzhaus Zurich, Buda Kortrijk, Les Urbaines Lausanne, Impulstanz Vienna, Trauma bar and Kino Berlin.

 

as part of the Hi-Intensity-Phase, 15.09. at 19.30 during Protozone12: Syncretic Sites

 

VIDEO CREDITS

Director & Choreography : Tiran Willemse

Co director : Thyago Saint

Music : NKISI

Performance : Tiran Willemse, Kevin F.E Bonono,

Styling : Lucas Meyer-Leclère/LML Studio

 

as part of Protozone12: Syncretic Sites

 

Tiran Willemse is a dancer, choreographer and researcher from South-Africa based in Zurich. Their performance based practice is rooted in a careful attention to space, imagination, gesture and sound, focusing on how they relate to the ways in which construction of race and gender are performed, communicated and challenged. They worked and collaborated with Trajal Harrell, Meg Stuart, Jerome Bel, Ligia Lewis, Eszter Salamon, Susanne Linke, Andros Zins-Browne and with Cullberg Ballet under Deborah Hay and Jeftha Van Dither. Their work has been shown in Arsenic Lausanne, Impulstanz Vienna, Tanzquartier Wien, Gessnerallee Zurich, Sophiensaele Berlin , Palais de Tokyo Paris, Santarcanagelo festival and MCBA in Lausanne and continues touring internationally.

 
Shedhalle – Tiran Willemse

Courtesy of the Artist

Shedhalle – Tiran Willemse

Courtesy of the Artist