Sara Sassanelli

Sara Sassanelli is co-founder of Alice Agency and Associate of CONDITIONS studio programme. Until 2024, they were Curator of Live at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) where they programmed across dance and electronic music, with a focus on emerging artists. Their work explores collective and enthusiastic cultures that form around raving and how these manifest in multidisciplinary practices. Their final ICA programme ‘this dark gleam’ (2024), showcased artists engaging with formal technique, social dance, pop culture, and punk sensibilities. Currently, they are working with artists Eve Stainton, Jack Hogan, Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome, Billy Bultheel, and Jose Funnell, among others. Previously, they have worked at ICA, Tate, Goldsmiths, and the Royal Academy of Arts, and have programmed events at Ormside Projects, Somerset House Studios, Southwark Platform, Guest Projects, Arts Admin, Fierce Festival, and Block Universe. Through Alice Agency they have worked with: Florence Sinclair, Olan Monk, Billy Bultheel, Arthur Jafa, Mark Leckey, Tzekin, Paulius Janusonis, Yen Chun Lin & Gediminas Zygus and Nitetrax. Previous programming and producing includes: Stream by Jack Hogan (2026), A Short History of Decay by Billy Bultheel (2025-2026),l The Joystick and The Reins by Eve Stainton at Bold Tendencies (2025), NX FUIMO by Tamara Alegre (2024), GONER by Malik Nashad Sharpe (2024), Afterlife by Louis Schou Hansen (2024) IMPACT DRIVER by Eve Stainton (2023), minus one series (2022 – 2023), Dykegeist by Eve Stainton (2021), The Last Breath Society by Martin O’Brien (2021), Rave Trilogy by Rebecca Salvadori (2020) The Tender Interval: Studies in Sound and Motion (2020), a convening exploring the transformational qualities of sound and dance practices and an all-night takeover of ICA by collective INFERNO (2020 & 2023).