JOMBA! announces 2023 legacy artist
The 2023 JOMBA! Festival theme is ‘(In)tangible heritages’ and of special interest will be new work by Mamela Nyamza.
AS the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience returns to the Durban stage from August 29 to September 10, the show has announced its 2023 legacy artist, Mamela Nyamza, who will showcase new work.
The annual dance festival is hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Art, and this year marks its 25th anniversary, making it South Africa’s longest-running dance festival. The 2023 JOMBA! Festival theme is ‘(In)tangible heritages’.
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JOMBA! curator Dr Lliane Loots says, “Nyamza’s cutting edge and deeply interrogated dance work spans over two decades of dance-making in South Africa and internationally, and as JOMBA! hits its iconic 25th year, we can think of no better artist to celebrate as our JOMBA! Legacy Artist. We celebrate Mamela for her vision and practice, and for significantly contributing to our country’s rich critical contemporary dance history and legacy.”
What’s more, Durban is expanding its artistic footprint as the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience premiers on the Johannesburg stage between September 12 and 17.
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This while JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience partners with the Market Theatre to collaborate in sharing a smaller and carefully curated JOMBA! @ THE MARKET in Johannesburg following the Durban festival.
Selected local and international dance companies will travel to Johannesburg and the Market Theatre and will feature in a week-long celebration of some of the world’s most profound and provoking dance makers and dance companies.
For more information about JOMBA!, go to https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/
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