Don’t miss JOMBA! 2013
Some exciting new elements have been introduced at JOMBA! 2013.
THE University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts, is presenting its 15th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience from 28 August to 8 September at Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at 7.30pm
and at artSPACE (Durban) on Monday 2 September at 6.30pm.
This year’s festival is a delight of local and international dance theatre that has the best the world has to offer. Dancers from Holland, Switzerland, America, Portugal and France will be gracing the JOMBA! stages alongside some of South Africa’s most cutting edge dance makers.
A first for JOMBA! 2013, is an event collaboration with Durban’s artSPACE (Durban) Gallery. Monday 2 September is a one off evening of site-specific dance work made for an audience who would like an up-close and personal encounter with dance. Featuring Musa Hlatshwayo and Vusi Makhanya’s latest local dance offerings, the evening also features a specifically created solo by T42’s Swiss dancer Misato Inoue.
Also on view at the JOMBA! @ artSPACE event is a collection of award winning short one minute dance films from all over the globe curated by Jeannette Ginslov’s ScreenDance Africa.
JOMBA! hosts its usual platforms of the Fringe on Sunday 1 September and the Youth Fringe on Saturday 31 August. With more than 60 entries for a coveted place in this year’s JOMBA! Fringe, the selection of only 10 works was a difficult task but means that the final selection offers a standard of dance theatre that is growing.
JOMBA! also offers a full programme of workshops and master classes by all the participating dancer and choreographers. For a full listing go to www.cca.ukzn.ac.za and go to the JOMBA! page. These workshops and classes are offered free of charge but booking is essential.
In promoting critical arts dialogue and writing about dance and the arts, JOMBA! runs its 4th year of the Dance Writing Residency. Six applicants have been selected and will be mentored through the festival as they create critical writing for both the JOMBA! Khuluma Blog and for the JOMBA! Khuluma festival newspaper.
Tickets for shows are R50 or R35 for school pupils, students and pensioners. Book through Computicket or at venue from one hour before.
