blackmilk
21 Oct 2025
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TicketsPay What You Can
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VenueStanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet
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Running time70 mins
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Age guidance14+
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Tiran Willemse (South Africa / Switzerland)
Dancer and choreographer Tiran Willemse presents an intense and tension-filled solo performance.
From the precise choreography of drum majorettes in uniform, to the melodramatic movements of white femme starlets and gestures associated with masculine Black rap stars, Willemse examines limiting stereotypes and shifting identities.
Through a focus on hand gestures, blackmilk complicates a mainstream repertoire of legible identities, opening them up to a complex sensitivity that the artist describes as ‘black male melancholia’.
blackmilk is the first part of the Willemse’s trompoppies trilogy. ‘Trompoppies’ is Afrikaans and describes drum majorettes in uniform.
Part of Transform 25 international performance festival: transformfestival.org
Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre.
Co-produced by Sophiensaele, Tanzquartier Wien, Gessnerallee and WP Zimmer.
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Access
Wheelchair spaces can be booked in the front row on the level access auditorium floor directly with the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre team, ring 0113 220 8000 to book.
There is step free access to the event and there are accessible toilets at the venue.
The tiered seating is high-backed.
A rest area is available.
We have an open door policy across all shows at Transform, meaning ticket holders are welcome to come and go as they need.
Head to Transform’s Access page for more information.
Important Information
This is a seated dance performance within a theatre venue. The performance contains movement and music.
Head to the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre website for more information about getting to the venue.
