Upcoming music and live programme including Lorenzo Senni, Ana Roxanne, DJ Python and more
This dark gleam is a six-month programme of experimental dance work. The programme presents live performances and workshops that act as sites for speculation and reinvention, often transdisciplinary, embedding formal technique with social dance. Alongside the performance programme, ICA runs a free monthly reading group exploring raving and contemporary dance as philosophical projects.
Afterlife: Louis Schou-Hansen & Karoline Bakken Lund: Friday 26 & Saturday 27 April, 8pm, Stage
Afterlife by Louis Schou-Hansen & Karoline Bakken Lund moves through a series of twisted dances from the late Italian Renaissance and early French Baroque, dispersed with a weird pop-cultural referential landscape.
Billy Morgan: LuresTuesday 11 – 13 June
Staging textual situations in combination with gesture, dance and music, the work develops Morgan’s interest in the fictionality of the body and its potential for channelling lives at the periphery.
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Aisha Devi’s Les Immortelles: Saturday 20 April, 7:30pm
The UK premiere of Aisha Devi’s Les Immortelles, a theatrical live representation of her latest record Death is Home. As part of a worldwide tour, Devi returns for her first performance in London in five years. With support from Rat Section, lighting design and scenography from Emmanuel Biard.
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Lorenzo Senni: Friday 17 May, 7pm
Known for his deconstruction of 90’s rave culture, Senni offers a captivating exploration of sound, coined "Pointillistic Trance" and "Rave Voyeurism.
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept: Wednesday 19 June, 7:30pm
United by a mutual appreciation for bittersweet, contemplative electronic music, Ana Roxanne and DJ Python plunge audiences into dreamy, densely layered drum programming against jungle and oddball ambient landscapes.
Moin: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October, 7:30pm
A trio whose collaboration spans over a decade. Navigating diverse influences from alt rock to found sound recording, their sound blends electronic elements with a direct yet subtly re-assembled approach.
Further Information: ICA | Institute of Contemporary Arts
Venue: ICA, The Mall London SW1Y 5AH