Performances 2022

Performances 2022

© Mayra Wallraff

Tiran Willemse (DE/CH/ZA)
blackmilk (melancholia)

[8:tension]
© Mayra Wallraff

The ImPulsTanz audience may still remember Tiran Willemse from Trajal Harrell’s celebrated Maggie the Cat at Akademietheater. He now engages in his very own aesthetic in blackmilk (melancholia), the first part of the trompoppies (Afrikaans for drum majorettes in uniform) trilogy. With great sound, disturb­ing theatrical effects and dance that oscillates between virtuosity and despair, the South African artist explores the dissimilarities between African and African­-American male identity, opening a new door in the process: to black male melancholia. Moon river, wider than a mile...

[8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series
World Premiere

Please note that stroboscopic effects & haze are used during the performance.

Duration: 55 Min
18.7.2022, 19:00
Schauspielhaus
20.7.2022, 21:00
Schauspielhaus
© Mayra Wallraff
© Mayra Wallraff
© Mayra Wallraff

CREDITS

Choreography, performance: Tiran Willemse
Lighting design: Fudetani Ryoya, Tiran Willemse
Music: Manuel Riegler, Tiran Willemse
Costume: lml studio
With special thanks to Nkisi, Kevin Bo, Mateusz Szymanówka, Thyago Sainte

A co-production of Tiran Willemse with Tanzquartier Wien, SOPHIENSÆLE, Berlin, Gessnerallee Zürich and WPzimmer, Antwerp.
Residency supported by Tanzhaus Zürich, Buda, Kortrijk, LesUrbaines, Lausanne.
 

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Date: 28.03.2024, 16:12 | Link: https://www.impulstanz.com/en/performances/pid1478/