IJAD
Charity number: 1080776
Website: www.ijaddancecompany.com
Description:
IJAD Dance Company develops new forms of dance for the digital sphere, making contemporary dance accessible, participatory and connective. Founded on the ethos that the arts should shape our digital future, IJAD creates high-quality dance and researches innovative digital platforms.
IJAD is a non-profit creative dance company dedicated to involving people that are, historically, less likely to engage with contemporary dance. We do this through multi-disciplinary performances, outreach programmes, and the development of digital technology for co-creation. We believe in the power of dance to uplift the human spirit and enhance people?s lives.
Movement is universal and has the potential to facilitate communication and connections between communities, as does our increasing digital connectivity.
As new digital mediums emerge, there are increasing opportunities to question the way dance is created and re-imagine it for new remote audiences.
The internet is a new arena for dance which requires different processes to a physical performance. IJAD asks how we can make dance digital as well as physical.