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IJAD Dance Company
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Working at the intersection of performing arts, technology and science to evolve new creative forms and innovation in the arts industry. Immersive arts/VR/mocap/volumetrics/XR.
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We’re looking for artists, academics, technologists, producers, choreographers & others to speak at our Connective Matrix events in 2026.

The theme for the year will be AI and the arts. If you work, practice or research in this field, we’d love to hear from you.

Email hello@ijaddancecompany.com
Call for speakers Connective Matrix 2026 Connective Matrix is IJAD’s forum series of roundtable and panel discussions, bringing together specialists and researchers working across performing arts, technology, and multiple realities It also refers to the evolving community of participants who engage in these conversations, exploring the potentials and challenges of new and hybrid artistic forms
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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IJAD works at the intersections of performing arts, science & tech, pioneering live hybrid performance—an emerging form that merges the physical & digital realms, allowing performances to inhabit multiple platforms simultaneously—stage, screen & XR.
"Live performance in a theatre is previous, it's a really special experience. But being able to evolve in other ways doesn't take away from that, it just adds to the range of tools we have." Lucy Bayliss of Dance East
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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At IJAD Dance, we specialise in live hybrid performance work and immersive arts.

If you'd like to keep up-to-date with the conversation, sign up to our mailing list here: eepurl.com/hqhu4b
A photo of a female dancer performing in front of a digital screen, with the words sign up to our mailing list for digital and immersive arts news, events and opportunities written over the top
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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OOTFest25 explored the limits of creative technology and human interaction, fusing movement, storytelling and imagination through the lens of technological innovation.

Take a look back at this cutting-edge festival in our short documentary film.

Watch in full here: openonlinetheatre.org/about-us/
September 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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A selection of performances & panel discussions from #OOTFest25 are available to watch on demand - but only until August!

By making these events available online, we're offering an additional income stream to artists. Watch & support these innovative creators.
openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch...
An image of a man leading a performance lecture at OOTFest25 with the words watch on demand, support artists now
July 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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If you didn't make it to #OOTFest25, a selection of performances and industry panel discussions are now available to watch online, but be quick - they're only available until 4 August! 👀

Watch now: openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch... #DigitalArts
A photo of four dancers performing Resonant Silence at OOTFest25, with the words watch on demand limited availability over the top
July 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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If you weren't able to join us for OOTFest25, don't worry, a selection of festival highlights are now available to watch on demand via the Open Online Theatre platform.

💰 Performances: £5 per show | Panel discussions: FREE

openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch...
OOTFest25 watch on demand banner with a picture showing a woman dancing
July 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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At #OOTFest25, we worked hard to create a space for immersive, engaging performance pieces and installations that would provoke powerful reactions and emotions in our audiences.

Creative technologies give us an opportunity to enhance our storytelling and take the audience right to its heart 💜
Audience feedback from OOTFest25: very interesting experience and take on the materiality of our world. Thank you for provoking thoughts and feelings! Audience feedback for Tong Hai Gao Tai 2066 installation at OOTFest25: very strong feeling of the uncanny...it is very atmospheric and generates a strong feeling of affect, what is this all about, of course it is strange to us
July 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Take a look back at #OOTFest25, our recent performing arts festival.

If you weren't able to join us, keep your eyes peeled as we're about to launch watch on demand, bringing some of the festival highlights straight to your front room 👀
July 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Missed the show at #OOTFest25? We'll be launching a selection of performances from the festival to watch on demand very soon... 👀
A performance by Uku'Pacha at OOTFest25
July 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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It was wonderful to see the reaction of audiences at #OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN, as we explored so many different worlds through digital and immersive storytelling.

If you joined us at the festival, we'd love to know what you thought!
A photo of a lone female dancer against a black background. Curving titles read audience feedback, and there is a large speech bubble. The text inside reads: It’s exciting to see familiar and accessible technology taking the next step within the arts. Slowly but surely, we’re moving from experimentation to storytelling, from sharing opinions to creating real experiences. At the edge of innovation, the risk of failure is higher than ever. Yet with the community it fosters, there’s something beautiful about failing, learning, reimagining, and growing together.
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A couple more highlights from our recent immersive performing arts festival, #OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN held at @riversidelondon.bsky.social.

Images: Alice Underwood
A female dancer performs with an AI generated avatar on the screen behind her Uku'Pacha perform with a close up digital projection of the performer on the screen behind them
July 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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We have lots more exciting projects in the works and we hope you'll follow along with us as we continue to experiment and evolve, exploring new ways to bring creative technologies to the arts!

📸 Photo credit: Alice Underwood
#PerformingArts #ImmersiveArts #DigitalArts
A dancer performs in front of a digital screen Four people - three women and a man - wave goodbye to someone on a laptop screen after a festival panel discussion Marlon Barrios Solano gives his AI performance lecture Born in Latent Space at OOTFest25 A man wearing a VR headset experiencing an installation at the festival
June 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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June has been a month of hard work, creativity and joy!

It was wonderful to see #OOTFest25 come to fruition after three years of planning and development, and we want to offer a huge thank you to all the amazing artists, technologists, speakers, audiences & volunteers who made it so special.
Four dancers performing at OOTFest25 A woman on stage with a microphone to welcome the audience to OOTFest25 Two young women experimenting with a VR installation, one wearing a headset the other at her side watching the screen A busy room full of people enjoying the installations at OOTFest25
June 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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A massive thank you to everyone who came to #OOTFest25 opening night at Riverside Studios!

We're looking forward to seeing more of you over the next 3 days, as we showcase amazing performances, immersive installations (VR, video & sound) & host expert-led panels.

riversidestudios.co.uk/ootfest25/
A room full of people listening to a speech at the opening night of an arts festival A graphic designed to look like a text conversation containing feedback on the opening night of OOTFest25. The first message says "what did you think of opening night?" then reply says "I think the 4 exhibitors yesterday were trying to protect the past in the future. They want the future to keep the past. It's very interesting!"
June 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Check out our latest newsletter for details of the speakers joining us at #OOTFest25 for expert-led industry panels:

✨ NoBODY Left Behind
✨ Embracing the Unexpected: The Open-Ended Possibilities of Digital Co-Creation
✨ Exploring Digital Worlds Beyond the Proscenium

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A woman in a VR headset performs at a festival, bending backwards
May 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Sat 7 June, 5.45pm
Exploring Digital Worlds Beyond the Proscenium

Can theatres make the arts more widely inclusive by adopting live-hybrid tech or will this mark the end of ‘liveness’?

Speakers include Lucy Bayliss, Dance East.

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/o...
A photo of Lucy Bayliss, a white woman with short cropped red hair, wearing a black polo neck top, gold hoop earrings and red lipstick
May 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Sat 7 June, 4.30pm
Embracing the Unexpected: The Open-Ended Possibilities of Digital Co-Creation

Can we allow audiences to help craft work in the moment?

Speakers include Ghislaine Boddington, Prof. Jane Harris, Dr. Ruth Gibson & Prof. Maaike Bleeker

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/o...
Photograph of Ghislaine Boddington, a white woman with dark hair pulled back off her face. She is wearing blue eyeshadow, a dark green v-neck top and a a bold statement necklace Black and white photo of Prof. Jane Harris, a white woman with long dark hair, looking away from the camera Black and white photo of Dr Ruth Gibson, a white woman with fair curly hair A photograph of Prof. Maaike Bleeker, a white woman wearing black, in glasses, holding up a hand. She is standing against a woodland backdrop.
May 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Friday 6 June, 5:30pm
NoBODY Left Behind

How can our bodies stay relevant in virtual worlds? It’s time to recentre the body in digital space while performing arts reconfigure around the latest technologies

Speakers include Dr Tia-Monique Uzor & Kristina Höök

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/o...
Photograph of Dr Tia-Monique Uzor, a Black woman with short hair wearing a mustard yellow top and smiling for the camera Photograph of Kristina Höök, a white woman with bobbed light brown hair giving a talk. She is wearing a black top and red scarf.
May 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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As part of #OOTFest25, we'll be hosting expert-led panel discussions exploring the future of performing arts and technology.

✨ 6 Jun: NoBODY Left Behind
✨ 7 Jun: Embracing the Unexpected: The Open-Ended Possibilities of Digital Co-Creation
✨ 7 Jun: Exploring Digital Worlds Beyond the Proscenium
A woman in a VR headset bending backwards - image shows Unwired Dance Theatre at OOTFest22
May 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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We're so excited that OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN is almost here!

📆 5-8 June 2025
📍 @riversidelondon.bsky.social

In this live, hybrid festival, artists and creative technologists explore embodiment, touch and presence—through movement, XR, MR, AI and machine learning.

riversidestudios.co.uk/ootfest25/
May 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We've been working behind the scenes today with #OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN artist Pierre Engelhard, as he prepares his performance piece Terms and Conditions.

You can watch this piece, which reflects on the aesthetics of surveillance, at the festival on Sat 7 June: riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/o...
A tall man in jumper and pale trousers writes in a notebook. Two female dancers in motion capture suits stand in a green screen space. A tall man in jumper and pale trousers writes in a notebook. Two female dancers in motion capture suits stand in a green screen space. A tall man in jumper and pale trousers writes in a notebook. Two female dancers in motion capture suits stand in a green screen space.
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Resonant Silence is an immersive performance exploring the interplay between sound & movement, where bodily gestures & sonic expressions merge in a purely embodied interaction.

Zhou Zhou is a joint PhD researcher at the University of the Arts London (UAL) & London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS).
Zhou Zhou headshot Resonant Silence performance with two dancers
May 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Terms and Conditions is a live performance exploring the fractured boundaries between the physical body and its digital extensions.

Pierre Engelhard is a new media artist & digital director. He explores themes of consciousness, identity, and the intersection of personal and collective realities.
Pierre Engelhard headshot A female dancer performing with an avatar
May 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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📆 Sat 7 June

INTER:FASE is a dance & technology piece that explores the interconnection between the human body & virtual spaces.

Uku’Pacha is a performing arts, audiovisual & new technologies company committed to exploring new aesthetics merging passion for performing arts with the digital world.
Headshot of one member of Uku'Pacha Uku'Pacha performance
May 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM