A first preview (1999) was shown during De Nachten in deSingel: a combination of live body scans, music by Peter Swinnen and the SuckmyP-texts by Peter Verhelst. A second'test flight'followed, in which drama students from the Ghent Conservatory performed texts by Verhelst. Four students took part in the third preview as well (June 2000). They functioned as a kind of Greek choir and combined the mythological with a contemporary Icarus. In the fourth and last part -which concentrated on the technical aspects- the software that had been developed for Icarus was tested (October 2000). Later the results of these sessions were brought together in the final Icarus performance.