IJAD - Infinite Space Returns

Back in October I was fortunate enough to spend some time with the phenomenal dance company - IJAD.  I was following the progress of their new performance, Infinite Space, which was to be performed at the Science Museum as part of their Space Late. I loved seeing the progress from initial rehearsals, when the performers saw the space for the first time, through to the final dress rehearsals and the performances on the night.  I felt privileged to be part of such an exciting creative process, and in awe of the talent of the dancers and the vision of Artistic Director Joumana Mourad.  So it was with great delight that I spotted IJAD on the VAULT Festival programme.

VAULT Festival is only in it's second year, it all takes place in the labyrinth of tunnels underneath Waterloo, this alone is enough to intrigue me.  It has a really varied programme, and you can also go at any time just to explore - something I will definitely have to do in the next week. Put VAULT Festival and the promise of IJAD returning with Infinite Space - evolved since it's premiere at the Science Museum back in October - together and I'm jumping out of my seat to make sure I'm there.

I'm really intriguied to see how the show has developed, and especially how they will develop the way Twitter is intergrated with the performance. Looking at their current Twitter activity they are again asking questions to make you ponder life and the universe - so it will be interesting to see how these answers are made part of the performance.

As they say on their website -
Just find #InfiniteReach on Twitter and we’ll travel the cosmos together. Add your creative thoughts like shooting stars across IJAD’s constellation and watch how your words alter the performance making each night unique. Experience the dynamic vastness and cataclysmic expanse of The Everything. 


You can read about my past IJAD experiences here on this blog.  Here's a few of my highlights from the rehearsals for the last performance of Infinite Space and thanks again to Asemic for the music.