JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, offering dance fans a 13-day treat of world-class contemporary dance, offering not only a powerhouse of performances but workshops, residencies, talks, panel discussions and virtual screen dance.

Presented by the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN), the event will see both local and international dance-makers from Mozambique, Switzerland, Netherlands, Madagascar, Uganda, Romania, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Brazil converge on Durban from August 29 to September 10.

The theme for this year is ‘(In)tangible Heritages’.

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“In curating this year’s festival, we have invited dance makers to reimagine their – and our – relationship with ideas of belonging and our varying (in)tangible heritages. The 25th JOMBA! is honouring artists who, through their work and their moving bodies, generate a new sense of belonging that questions who we are at this critical moment in our history,” said Curator and Artistic Director, Dr Lliane Loots.

Other features of the 25th Anniversary festival include two major South African works, the JOMBA! Youth Open Horizons, JOMBA! ON THE EDGE, after-performance talks, an engaging dialogue with dance-makers, the launch of the 25th-anniversary book, a series of free workshops and masterclasses, a lighting workshop, a screen-dance residency, a dance-writers’ residency, and a smaller curated festival at The Market Theatre in Johannesburg.

Tickets are R80 or R50 for students, scholars and pensioners, or R350 for a once-off full festival pass to see everything. Booking is through COMPUTICKET.

For more information, visit https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/

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