London is positioning itself as the digital capital of the world and Shoreditch is already a thriving hub of tech companies (and the trendy bars that go with it!)

In March, IJAD launched In-Finite at Rich Mix in Shoreditch to the world which ushered in a new way of interacting with dance performance, both streaming video online and creating what one audience member dubbed it as ‘a durational performance’ on twitter. The conversation is still continuing and we’re taking it to Digital Shoreditch.

We’ll be presenting a talk on how the latest technologies are revolutionising the dance world – and in true IJAD style – we’re getting them to contribute to the weave of In-Finite.

The In-Finite Project is rather aptly named – and not because you’ll never hear the end of it! It looks at the infinite spaces within and the infinite nature of the internet and externality. It started its development in 2010 and we’re now booking tour dates into 2014 so you haven’t missed out if you weren’t able to plug in March 2013.

If you want to hear about how performers are adapting to dancing across multiple mediums simulations – direct from the horses mouth, then grab a ticket, take a look at us online and we look forward to seeing you in the audience and sharing your tweets!

Joumana and Camilla will speak on the Mayor’s Parlour at 11.18am on Friday 24

Buy Ticket http://tickets.digitalshoreditch.com/

Watch on twitter: @IJADdance #infinite13 @DigiShoreditch

What are we on about?: http://bit.ly/ZRe8gg

Lou Cope is a lecturer, writer and coach and has currently joined IJAD as dramaturg for the In-Finite project. Having discussed creative director and choreographer Joumana’s ideas and intentions over skype in the past few weeks, Lou comes in now to help the company see how the material is working and whether it is communicating what they hope it will. She works with Joumana and the dancers on the structure and tries to help them all find consistency and coherency in the movement and relationships. She is here to consider what the audience will experience, more objectively than Joumana and the others are able.

Of being part of the In-Finite project, Lou says;

‘Joining joumana and the others in this murky world of secrets has been really interesting. Dramaturgically speaking, a secret has its own energy and its own desire to break out and be heard. Playing with this has been fascinating. And confronting our own relationships with secrets, and exploring the question ‘would it really be so bad if we relieved ourselves of the burden of carrying this secret’ has been eye opening. Of course with IJAD this is then placed in a social media context, where sharing is everything and anonymity a possibility, and this allows an extra element of truth, unburdening and revelation. What fun!’

Lou is on twitter @loucope1 and the In-Finite project comes to London this Friday.

So houseboat taxes went up, landlords are selling off their semi-detached Clapton villas, punters are subletting their rooms Olympically…

What are you doing with your house?

A little reading for you today, here is a piece about Ramadan  during the games:

http://on.ft.com/P743XK

What’s the one thing you cannot excuse these Olympics?

Big sailing day today!

If you were to sail off somewhere where would you go to?… and who with? 🙂

New quest of the day from the IJADblog!

Exactly one year ago riots took place in London – we have many questions to ask you about this.

Were you here?

Did you take part?

Did you care?

What did you think of it?

Do you still care?

You can reply to us via Twitter – we’ll be there too @IJADdance

through our In-Finite webpage

https://ijaddancecompany.com/project/infinite/

or via email at hello@ijaddancecompany.com.

Come on, we’re waiting!

Welcome to the new IJADblog!

We are currently working on our project In-Finite that merges the collection of secrets from international audiences with performance, new technology and social media – yes, a lot of work!

As we wait for out new secrets section of the website to be up and running, we would like to tell you a  little bit about what’s happening with us and our great news for the future.

Great news number 1: after the success of our work in progress performance at the Rich Mix in July, we now have a date, a place and a theme for our next performance… and it’s pretty big! Can’t begin to describe how excited we  are!

Great news number 2: we have set out on a new quest. We are still going to collect as many secrets as we can for the next few months but this time… we are going to play a little!

This first week we are dedicating our attention to… yes… the Olympics, so let’s get started with the games and here is the first  question of the week for you:

Monday 6th August 2012

London Olympics 2012: one more week before the break to Paralympics!

To begin the week we will ask something very simple :

“Who would you compete against and in what?”

(This can really be anyone in anything!)

You can reply to us via Twitter – we’ll be there too @IJADdance,

or  through our In-Finite webpage in the comments box https://ijaddancecompany.com/project/infinite/

or via email at hello@ijaddancecompany.com.

Come on, we’re waiting!

What a successful evening for IJAD!

The work in progress performance of In-Finite was well received and the interest and curiosity from the audience was overwhelming.
We even got a donation for our Sponsume target!
We are working hard to raise our budget over the next fifteen days so please everyone spread the word and go on our Sponsume page: http://www.sponsume.com/project/finite-2.

Also the whole performance is available online on Ustream: a href: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ijad-public-secrets

What an inspiring evening for our future work, we are planning, creating, brainstorming and are even more energetic and inventive than before.

Thanks to all the supporters and keep following us!