Dance / fusion
inklingroom brings its fusion of electronic music, contemporary dance and performance art to Bristol
Set up in 2020, the non-profit multidisciplinary art platform inklingroom was created to bring together underground electronic music, performance art and contemporary dance.
For co-founder and choreographer Keity Pook, the excitement of the concept is in its power to lower the perceived boundaries that lesser known artforms may be seen to possess.
“The aim is to make people more interested in contemporary dance and performance,” she enthuses, “hence why we’re presenting it in a music/club space at affordable prices.”
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Photo: Xavier Andrew
Debuting in Bristol with a live event and club night at Dareshack on May 19, inklingroom will feature a cutting-edge programme of DJ sets, including Principe Discos label affiliate Dj Narciso, Ifeoluwa and night residents, Wash Electra.
Shanghai musician and producer Osheyack, a key part of the city’s flourishing electronic music scene whose work fuses IDM with gabber, techno, ambient and drone, will be playing a live set.
Photo: Aneta Pruszynska
And the event will include the premiere of contemporary dance work B-brain(s), by choreographers Sanya Malnar and Marianne Raynal. Working together, the pair are inspired by themes of synæsthesia, the subconscious, clownery, and social justice.
This work explores the human experience through movement and costume, accompanied by an immersive soundscape made exclusively for the show.
Inklingroom: Osheyack (live, Dj Narciso + more is at Dareshack on May 19 at 8pm. Tickets are available from www.headfirstbristol.co.uk.
Main photo: Aron Urb
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