Photo credits: Laura Zeppelin and Camilla Greenwell
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A double bill with songwriter and composer Samba Jean-Baptiste, and a performance of choreographer Samara Langham’s most recent piece “Nacre”.
Samba Jean-Baptiste is a songwriter and composer whose music bridges a classical cello background with electronic production.
Samara Langham
Samara Langham is a dancer, choreographer and artist based in London. Her quality is mothlike: she is drawn to things behavioural and liminal. Working with improvisation, choreography, symbolism and experimental music, she approaches performance as a process of dissolving.
Her works include angels’ mumble (Brunel Museum, Totally Thames Festival 2025), Erase Your Name (Les Urbaines Festival 2025), SKYE ZONE Burial (Resolution Festival 2025), Okaeri (2025) and Haku (Théâtre Paris-Villette 2024).
Nacre
A live dance work by Samara Langham, newly commissioned by The Place through Choreodrome in 2026.
Four figures move between polar forces. As they endure cycles of effort, they feel the edges, and what may exist beyond them. A dark mass moves quietly. Eyes become stars as mouths, ears, tears, and fingers are bound together.
The word ‘nacre’ describes the iridescent substance of a pearl. When a parasite enters an oyster shell, the oyster produces nacre and engulfs it. This becomes a pearl, nestled inside its own body. The pearl remains forever unknown to its maker. Lying shut on the seafloor, it never sees light.
Choreography: Samara Langham
Music and Sound Design: Shimz343 and Samara Langham
Lighting Design: Edward Saunders
Costume Design: Zelda Attard
Rehearsal Director: Jesse Baggett-Lahav
Performers: Jesse Baggett-Lahav, Elvi Rose Christiansen Head, Sophia Morton, Lydia Walker
Samba Jean-Baptiste is a songwriter and composer whose music bridges a classical cello background with electronic production.
Samara Langham
Samara Langham is a dancer, choreographer and artist based in London. Her quality is mothlike: she is drawn to things behavioural and liminal. Working with improvisation, choreography, symbolism and experimental music, she approaches performance as a process of dissolving.
Her works include angels’ mumble (Brunel Museum, Totally Thames Festival 2025), Erase Your Name (Les Urbaines Festival 2025), SKYE ZONE Burial (Resolution Festival 2025), Okaeri (2025) and Haku (Théâtre Paris-Villette 2024).
Nacre
A live dance work by Samara Langham, newly commissioned by The Place through Choreodrome in 2026.
Four figures move between polar forces. As they endure cycles of effort, they feel the edges, and what may exist beyond them. A dark mass moves quietly. Eyes become stars as mouths, ears, tears, and fingers are bound together.
The word ‘nacre’ describes the iridescent substance of a pearl. When a parasite enters an oyster shell, the oyster produces nacre and engulfs it. This becomes a pearl, nestled inside its own body. The pearl remains forever unknown to its maker. Lying shut on the seafloor, it never sees light.
Choreography: Samara Langham
Music and Sound Design: Shimz343 and Samara Langham
Lighting Design: Edward Saunders
Costume Design: Zelda Attard
Rehearsal Director: Jesse Baggett-Lahav
Performers: Jesse Baggett-Lahav, Elvi Rose Christiansen Head, Sophia Morton, Lydia Walker
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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Sat, 04 Jul 2026
Stage
07:30 pm
£21.94 (including DICE booking fee + £1.50 venue levy)
Access information
Stage
- The Stage has step free access via The Mall entrance and lift. The lift in the Stage is self-controlled with hand control, with two buttons for up and down (max weight 300kg). It is without sides and includes a vertical pole to hold on to. It operates quietly and will not disrupt the performance. Our Public Advisors can also assist.
- We have a small, raised platform to accommodate wheelchair users or others who require a chair. To request, please purchase a ticket, then contact the box office during opening hours on 020 7930 3647 or email access@ica.art
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Mix of seating and standing
Nacre contains haze, strobe and moments of loud noise
Nacre contains haze, strobe and moments of loud noise
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