BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6955@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221027T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221027T193000 DTSTAMP:20220917T131436Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-seke-chimutengwende-it- begins-in-darkness/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Seke Chimutengwende: It begins in darkness DESCRIPTION:Seke Chimutengwende: It begins in darkness\n\nIt begins in dark ness is a dance full of ghosts: an environment for processing the fear\, a nger and confusion which arise from the histories of slavery and coloniali sm that haunt the present.\nThu 27 Oct\, 7:30pm\nTickets: £8/£5\n\nIt be gins in darkness is a dance full of ghosts.\nIn this stark\, stripped bac k performance\, five dancers move through mysterious and experimental rite s of passage\, channelling past\, present and future tensions through thei r bodies and voices. As if to exorcise the haunted house of history\, the dancers whisper\, jump\, wrestle\, shiver\, wail and laugh\, filling the s pace with horrors\, both real and imagined.\nIt begins in darkness is an environment for processing the fear\, anger and confusion which arise from the histories of slavery and colonialism that haunt the present.\n\nBook now\n\n\n\nAbout It begins in darkness\n\nSeke has been researching the co nnections between horror\, haunting and the histories of slavery and colon ialism since 2019.\n\nThe research has included the writing of a long piec e of text\, a rehearsal period on Zoom\, and a residency at a stately home \, alongside work in the studio. This is Seke’s first independently crea ted group piece since 2015\, following recent works “Black Holes”\, an Afrofuturist duet with Alexandrina Hemsley\, “Plastic Soul”\, part ro ck show\, part dance solo\, and “Detective Work”\, a duet with Stephan ie McMann about mystery and figuring things out. He has also recently made a new work with Candoco Dance Company.\n\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2022/09/IBID_V1_LowerRes.jpg CATEGORIES:Performance LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR