{"id":12780,"date":"2021-08-27T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12780"},"modified":"2021-08-27T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:53:16","slug":"open-horizons-at-jomba-offers-public-platform-for-new-works-by-dance-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/08\/27\/open-horizons-at-jomba-offers-public-platform-for-new-works-by-dance-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Horizons at JOMBA! Offers Public Platform For New Works By Dance-makers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The JOMBA! Open Horizons Platform <\/strong>(formerly the JOMBA! Fringe) provides an opportunity for dance makers to present their digital\/dance film work for showcasing under the auspices of the JOMBA! festival on Sunday, 29 August at 7pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u2018open to application\u2019 platform saw a total of 29 works submitted with 17 works being selected for the festival:  10 in \u201clong form\u201d  of between 5 and 8 minutes and 7 in \u201cshort form\u201d of between 1 and 3 minutes. Works were submitted by dance-makers from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Madagascar and including a South Africa\/Mexico collaboration. As JOMBA! is digital again this year, focus was placed on looking at the intersection of dance and film and the growing body of digital dance choreographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 OPEN HORIZON\u2019s selection jury were made up of a panel of experts that included David April<\/strong> (<\/strong>director, teacher, choreographer), Tracey Saunders<\/strong> (project manager, writer and theatre critic), Clare Craighead<\/strong> (Drama and Performance Studies lecturer at DUT, a dance writer and academic) and Shanelle Jewnarain<\/strong> (a multi-disciplinary artist)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top ten long form films will be screened, followed by the announcement of the top 3 in both the long and short form categories, which comes with cash prizes:  Long form: 1st<\/sup>: R3500, 2nd:<\/sup> R2500, 3rd<\/sup>: R1500 and for Short form: 1st<\/sup>: R2000, 2nd<\/sup> R1500, and 3rd<\/sup>:  R1000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All short form films will be available to view with low data usage, on YouTube and Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Top 3 in both categories will be available to watch on the JOMBA website with links to YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To watch Open Horizons at JOMBA! tune into YouTube: Sunday 29 August at 7pm here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/Jomba_Dance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the full programme for JOMBA! \u2013 click here\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/JOMBAProg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full list of selected submissions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONG FORM (in order of screening):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n