The 26th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts offers a 13-day feast of dance performances, workshops and discussions in Durban from 27 August to 8 September at venues around Durban. Dancemakers from Germany, France, Japan, India, USA, and South Africa feature. Key to the artistic exchange that happens… Continue reading Free Workshops at JOMBA! Dance Experience Fest in Durban
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Applications to perform and Showcase Dance Work at JOMBA! 2024 Now Open
The 26th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, hosted by UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts, is a carefully curated contemporary dance festival and for 2024 there are three distinct performance platforms that are open for application and participation. For the first time post Covid-19 shut down, JOMBA! which takes place from 27 August to 8 September,… Continue reading Applications to perform and Showcase Dance Work at JOMBA! 2024 Now Open
South African Online Contemporary Dance Conference Attracts Global Participation
The annual online South African contemporary dance conference JOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE DIALOGUES, hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts’ JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, taking place from 22 to 24 May, 2024, has attracted significant participation from around the globe. This conference or academic colloquium, is now in its fourth edition and will feature dance-makers, academics,… Continue reading South African Online Contemporary Dance Conference Attracts Global Participation
Veteran South African dance-maker, Robyn Orlin, named the 2024 JOMBA! LEGACY ARTIST
The 26th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, hosted by UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts, has announced that it will honour veteran South African dance-maker Robyn Orlin as the 2024 JOMBA! Legacy Artist. Orlin’s work we wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with colour… we said ‘bonjour’ to satan in 1820 … will… Continue reading Veteran South African dance-maker, Robyn Orlin, named the 2024 JOMBA! LEGACY ARTIST
Call For Submissions: Online Contemporary Dance Conference
Call for submissions for online Contemporary Dance ConferenceJOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE DIALOGUES #422, 23 and 24 May 2024 JOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE DIALOGUES, an online Contemporary Dance Conference hosted by the UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts’ JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience is calling for the submission of abstracts for its 2024 edition which takes place from 22 to 24 May. The theme… Continue reading Call For Submissions: Online Contemporary Dance Conference
Winners of JOMBA! Open Horizons Announced
The JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, celebrating 25 years this year, announced its JOMBA! Open Horizons “pick of the platform” awards for 2023 on Sunday 3September. The programme was screened on the festival’s YouTube Channel and remains available for the remainder of the festival until 10 September here: (www.youtube.com/jomba_dance) The platform encourages submissions from dance-makers across Africa… Continue reading Winners of JOMBA! Open Horizons Announced