DDF Lates at Bewley’s: TRACES Dublin Modular

Rooted in queer club culture, TRACES turns the space into a shifting dancefloor where sound and movement leave their mark. Expect genre-fluid live sets, DJ performances, and surprise dance cameos throughout the night.

A queer artist-run collective known for bold, cross-disciplinary events, Dublin Modular brings its boundary-pushing spirit to DDF Lates for one night only, creating a shared experience that lingers long after the music fades.

Full Lineup

9pm-10.10: BLKCNVS
10.10-10.15: Dance Showcase (Ella Clayson)
10.15-11.15: Síofra (DJ)
11.15-11.35: Nick and Tadhg K (Dance & Live Set)
11.35- 1am: Alba (DJ) w/ Dance Showcase (OfficialPAK)

Dance Cameos
gaystappo & lacunavicci

About Dublin Modular

Dublin Modular is a queer-run artist collective experimenting with contemporary arts environments by leveraging unconventional spaces. Through community-focused events, they create opportunities to learn, listen, and move with the arts. Dublin Modular fosters exploration, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing around live electronic music and performance, creating inclusive spaces for audiences to interact and experiment. Their work plays with the boundaries between music, movement, and technology, contributing to Ireland's evolving experimental, underground and multidisciplinary arts scene.

BLKCNVS is a Dublin-based African-Irish DJ whose sets draw on a rich, global palette shaped by years of collecting and blending sounds across clubs, festivals, day parties, and even family gatherings. As the founder of The Sweet Spot, he creates spaces that invite dancers to let loose, unwind and rediscover play. Fostering welcoming warmth where difference is celebrated and riddims & vibrations lead the way, from Ireland to the world.

Síofra is an emerging progressive house and trance DJ, known for a distinctive style that’s taken her to Berlin, Paris, and London. A @fandangoberlin resident, she’s appeared on NTS and Rinse France, played at parties like Radiant Records and Hors-Sol, and performed at venues including Printworks, Tresor, and Macadam. She also ran a DIY party series @cara.cph between Copenhagen and Berlin, and helps organise events with @dublinmodular, a queer artist-run collective.

Alba is an artist, dj and selector, whose sets range from sultry and flirty latin rhythms to dreamy soundscapes.

Tadhg Kinsella is a queer sound artist, performer and composer, based in Dublin, Focusing on the fusion of Sound Art, Movement and Technology. Specializing in electronic technologies and modular synthesis, they are supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. Tadhg has a particular interest in working with multidisciplinary artists from visual artists to dancers. Tadhg’s works concentrate on the importance of site specific and architectural collaboration. From sound walks to interactive installations their works have been showcased in various galleries, theatres and alternative spaces including Culterim Galerie (Berlin), Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Iconarts (Sibu, Romania), Machina Bristronica (Bristol), and FYLKINGEN (Stockholm).

Nick Nikolaou (NickLibra) is an Irish-based contemporary dance and queer artist. They graduated with First Class Honours from the MA in Contemporary Dance Performance in the University of Limerick. Their research, since 2020, is around club and queer spaces and their importance in a person's existence and comfort. For this research Nick worked with mentors Liz Roche, Philip Connaughton, Emma Martin and Tonie Walsh. This led to a successful solo show called "Anatomy of a Night'' that premiered in the Dublin Fringe Festival 2022 with great reviews from critics and the community. “Anatomy of a Night” was brought back in 2025 as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Summerhall which was a success, with incredible reviews from the community and scene. Nick has been performing and hosting clubs and events around Ireland. From this research, Nick has contributed the chapter “ Unlocking Liberation: Choreographing the ‘Club State’’ in the book “Contemporary Choreography, A Critical Reader, 3rd Edition” published by Rutledge.

Ella Clayson is an interdisciplinary artist based in County Clare, Ireland. Working across contemporary dance, electronic sound, and experimental radio, her practice explores oneness, belonging, and transformation shaped by a rural Irish upbringing. Her work engages with hybrid identities, threshold spaces, and underrepresented narratives, drawing on Irish folklore and landscape to inform movement and sound. Strongly influenced by club culture and DIY nightlife, she creates immersive performances that bring collective experience into dialogue with solitude. Sound functions as a central choreographic material in her practice, spanning audio collage, live composition, and ongoing research into no-input harsh noise. She hosts a monthly radio show on Radio Worm in Rotterdam and is active in the duo @agentsnjuice (NL) and the Limerick based @_eyebright_ Collective.

Favour Oluwaseunla Odusola (OfficalPak) is a Nigerian-born Dublin-based multi-disciplinary artiste/creator, dance educator, and performer approaching theatre from a contemporary perspective, blending multiple styles to inform narratives. With a rich background in Afro dance, contemporary, and theatre, Favour brings a dynamic and culturally rooted approach to dance. He is the co-founder of UMAKOKO, founder of UMA and JAIVA Dance Camp, platforms dedicated to promoting Afro-dance culture and fostering creative growth for dancers of all levels.

Favour has performed with renowned companies like the Irish Modern Dance Theatre and CoisCéim Dance Theatre, and his work has been featured in festivals such as the 5 Lamps Festival, Mother Tongues Festival, and the Irish Youth Dance Festival. Favour also has over 9 years of experience in the entertainment/commercial industry, performing for A-list artists such as Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Asake, Diamond Platinum and working for brands such as Coca cola, Pepsi, Banking institutions worldwide to name a few. He was Dublin Culture Night’s Ambassador for 2025 and performed and MC’ed at various events.

Ben Sullivan (gaystappo) is a multi-award winning dancer/choreographer based between Dublin and Belfast with a keen focus on progressive artistic practice. Recently they have closed out two National Tours with Rachel Ní Bhraonáin’s “MOSH” and NAF Dance’s “Ham Sandwiches and Discipline”. Their recent choreographic works include; Dogsick (Scene and Heard 2026), Turf v0.01 (Dance Ireland's A/W 2025 Residency), “dublinitgirl_vs_dartlinediva” (Dublin Fringe 2025), and “Dogbody” (DYDC Gala 2024). In addition to recent work, Ben has worked on various theatre and dance productions including; Cabaret Company “Ping Pong Disco” for The Visual Carlow’s Culture Night, "Rebellious Hope" by Philip Connaughton, and dance film "CASTLE X" by Eoin Heaney.

Anja Nicholson (lacunavicci) is an Irish-born, Nashville-raised artist whose work spans dance, circus, film, and performance art. Her work is driven by a deep curiosity about memory and sensation, aiming to forge powerful emotional connections with her audiences. Through movement, striking imagery, and heart-rending soundscapes. Anja invites viewers into an evocative, tactile experience that resonates on a profound, human level.