Black Silk: BECOMING A Ball

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Ballroom culture was created by Black and Brown trans women and queer people in Harlem, New York in the 60s. From this culture, ‘Voguing’ emerged as a dance style. Ballroom has influenced pop culture, fashion, art, music, dance, film, and even our vocabulary. Voguing and ballroom culture at large is rooted in the safety and community provided to queer and trans people of color. Get ready to be taken on a journey of glamour, poise and runway extravaganza. With  ecstatic stories, performative showcases and immersive dancing. 

For this edition we are especially happy to partner with Utrecht Ballroom Scene. Which is a community that centers queer and trans people of color and organizes weekly Voguing classes, workshops, balls, and other events that supports the joy, empowerment and wellbeing of the community in Utrecht.

BECOMING is a fluid bubble full of depth. Each edition is unique and offers a new queer perspective on identity and sexuality. Spectators and artists immerse themselves together in intimacy, party, sensuality, dialogue, art and glitter! At BECOMING, more is better, vulnerability is strength, party is depth and everyone is queer! In Theater Kikker we present four editions: A Rainbow Family, Decolonized, Trans & Loved and A Ball.

Line-up: the complete line-up will be released on April the 17th, 2026.  For an overview of all BECOMING events this year visit www.blacksilk.online/becoming

BECOMING is always a mix of  English (80%) and Dutch (20%), and also non-linguistic elements and vibes. The event will be presented in simple English. Some of our performances might be in Dutch. If you don’t speak Dutch please join anyway, you will still be able to follow enough of it!