Photo of a woman taking a photo on her phone. Text reads freelance opportunity: digital marketing and engagement lead. Apply by 19 March

Want to work with us on promoting cutting-edge digital arts projects?

We're looking for a freelance Digital Marketing & Engagement Lead and there's still time to apply.

📆 Deadline: 11:59 pm 19 March 2026

Find out more about the role on our website: ijaddancecompany.com/work-with-us/
#ArtsJobs

Promo image featuring an image of four women during a panel discussion, waving to someone on a laptop screen. Text says Connective Matrix: Capturing the body in motion. Free entry. The event will be held online Wed 4 March 2026 1pm-2pm GMT via Open Online Theatre

Our next Connective Matrix roundtable is coming up on Wed 4 March. Ideal for anyone using mocap tools in performance.

In this free online event, we'll reflect on what happens when movement enters digital systems, what is gained, lost or altered in the process.

openonlinetheatre.org/performance/...

Photo of a woman holding up a phone to take a photo, with the text: freelance opportunity: digital marketing and engagement lead, apply by 19 March

We're hiring! IJAD is looking for a creative and collaborative Digital Marketing & Engagement Lead to grow our online presence, connect with audiences, and support innovative live, hybrid, and digital performance projects.

Apply by 19 March.

ijaddancecompany.com/work-with-us/ #ArtsJobs

Promo image featuring an image of four women during a panel discussion, waving to someone on a laptop screen. Text says Connective Matrix: Capturing the body in motion. Free entry. The event will be held online Wed 4 March 2026 1pm-2pm GMT via Open Online Theatre

Our next Connective Matrix roundtable is coming up on Wed 4 March. Ideal for anyone using mocap tools in performance.

In this free online event, we'll reflect on what happens when movement enters digital systems, what is gained, lost or altered in the process.

openonlinetheatre.org/performance/...

Projekt: AI’s the Thing: Immersive futures in Dance and Performance Research. A HAMLET Living Lab.

Our AD Joumana will be taking part in an online panel discussion this week as part of the Think Inside the Box Conference.

📆 Wed 11 Feb, 14:00-15:30 CET

The panel brings together researchers & practitioners from the HAMLET project to explore the future of immersion.

www.xmlab.org/research-202...

The Future of Performance is Live Hybrid By Joumana Mourad, Artistic Director of IJAD Dance

The Future of Performance is Live Hybrid.

medium.com/the-ai-and-a...

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✨ Co-creation is becoming both our methodology and our identity
✨ Sensography in between dramaturgy offers pathways for training, publication and international development

How has your creative practice developed during 2025?

A man and woman testing AI technology ahead of a dance performance at OOTFest25

What this year taught us...

✨ IJAD is developing in live hybrid dramaturgy and sensography, polygonos structuring the dramaturgy
✨ Researching and identifying how to question and approach the IP within the arts–tech sector
✨ The live hybrid festival model is ready for wider integration and roll out

A photo of a female dancer at OOTFest25 with the words support the next generation of artists donate today

This December, please consider donating to IJAD's programmes. The generosity of our funders and supporters means we can create exciting opportunities for artists, to drive innovation in the performing arts and inspire audiences.

Donate here: openonlinetheatre.org/donate/

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

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

"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

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.

Watch on demand | Open Online Theatre To keep with the spirit of the original performances in the festival we kept the pieces presented on the nights of the event.

If you missed out on #OOTFest25 in June, we've launched a watch on demand service where you can choose from a selection of stunning festival performances, allowing us to further support the amazing artists who worked with us on the festival.

Watch here: openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch...

Watch on demand | Open Online Theatre To keep with the spirit of the original performances in the festival we kept the pieces presented on the nights of the event.

A selection of performances from #OOTFest25 are available now to watch on demand.

By making these events available online, we're offering an additional income stream to artists. Watch & support these innovative creators.

openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch...

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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

At the crossroads of dance, tech & community, IJAD (@ijaddance.bsky.social) builds spaces for artists to experiment, question & co-create. In HAMLET, IJAD supports the design of an AI platform that facilitates, inspires & protects, keeping authenticity at the heart of hybrid storytelling.

Watch on demand | Open Online Theatre To keep with the spirit of the original performances in the festival we kept the pieces presented on the nights of the event.

If you missed out on #OOTFest25 in June, we've launched a watch on demand service where you can choose from a selection of stunning festival performances, allowing us to further support the amazing artists who worked with us on the festival.

Watch here: openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch...

One week to go!

Our website with loads of helpful guidance – from access support and guidance documents. Whether you’re just getting started or refining your ideas these materials are here to help.
immersivearts.uk/resources/application-links-downloads

Deadline: Mon 29 Sept at 14:00.

Watch on demand | Open Online Theatre To keep with the spirit of the original performances in the festival we kept the pieces presented on the nights of the event.

If you missed out on the festival, we're also launching watch on demand where you can choose from a selection of stunning festival performances.

This watch on demand series allows us to further support the amazing artists who worked with us on #OOTFest25.

openonlinetheatre.org/season/watch...

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/

Unlimited Open Awards 2025/26 Ten opportunities for disabled artists based in the England, Scotland or Wales. These awards offer a grand total of £413,000 to disabled artists with individual awards ranging from £15,000 seed…

@weareunlimited.bsky.social's Open Awards offer ten opportunities for disabled artists in England, Scotland or Wales.

Supporting brilliant disabled artists to create, develop and share work.

🔹 Small awards: new, exploratory ideas

🔹 Large awards: work that’s closer to production

Text reads 'One week left to apply. Could you be our next Programme Manager? Apply by Monday 28 July, midday.' Next to it, a photo of Tom Marshman on stage in front of an audience. He's performing an excerpt of his production, Section 28 and Me, during Pitch and Mix at Southbank Unlimited Festival.

🚨 One week left to apply to be our Programme Manager: UK Commissions.

Lead the delivery of UK commissions, work closely with artists, and deliver high-quality, inclusive opportunities.

🌟 Hours per week: 40
🌟 Salary: £33,063
🌟 Find out more and apply by Monday 28 July, midday: bit.ly/4l0tnQ0

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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...

It's a sunny day in Castle Park, Bristol and a white-shaped splat Immersive Arts character is skating over a bridge on the river.

We're pleased to share our learnings from our first funding call. We’ve learnt a huge amount through the process and we hope the collective feedback will support applicants to make stronger applications. www.immersivearts.uk/news/first-round-commentary-annoucement

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The final round of Immersive Arts funding is now open! UK-based artists can apply for £5k, £20k or £50k to develop work with immersive tech. Open until Mon 29 Sep 2025. This is the last open call—apply now. immersivearts.uk/news/the-final-round-of-immersive-arts-funding-is-now-open

A photo of four dancers performing Resonant Silence at OOTFest25, with the words watch on demand limited availability over the top

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

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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...

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

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 💜

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 👀

A performance by Uku'Pacha at OOTFest25

Missed the show at #OOTFest25? We'll be launching a selection of performances from the festival to watch on demand very soon... 👀

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.

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!