Digital performance specialist/ Artistic Director at IJAD dance company
Joumana has been working at the intersection between dance, science and technology since it was commissioned by the Science Museum to create a performance for their Lates in 2013. Her work has been shown during our residency at FACT (Liverpool), Manchester Science Festival and at venues around the UK and beyond.
Joumana developed the sensography methodology of work, and has been teaching it as a part of Open Online Program.
Projects
- Augmented Reality in creative practiceThe wheelchair is often seen as an absence, be it a lack of activity, agency or health. From the perspective of the chair the absence is in society and how it enacts disability upon you. Society in the UK and Europe has decided it’s too expensive and unrealistic to guarantee access as a human right, be that through loose legislation or failure of enforcement. The design of our cities and spaces excludes and endangers wheelchair users. The lived experience of wheelchair users is one of constantly
- Hybrid performance residencyWe have an amazing cohort of artists on the OOT programme now, and we're offering residencies to two more dancers/performing artists wishing to integrate creative tech into their practice. It's a very cool opportunity and I was wondering if you would share it via your relevant databases or artists that might be interested in upskilling to create hybrid work. The info is below, also attached. Performing Arts and the Digital Realm: Exciting Professional Development Opportunity. Are you keen