{"id":21469,"date":"2024-03-19T13:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=21469"},"modified":"2024-03-19T13:19:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:19:39","slug":"call-for-submissions-online-contemporary-dance-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/03\/19\/call-for-submissions-online-contemporary-dance-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Submissions:  Online Contemporary Dance Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Call for submissions for online Contemporary Dance Conference<br \/>JOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE DIALOGUES #4<br \/>22, 23 and 24 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE DIALOGUES, an online Contemporary Dance Conference hosted by the UKZN\u2019s Centre for Creative Arts\u2019\u00a0JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience\u00a0is calling for the submission of abstracts for its 2024 edition which takes place from 22 to 24 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme this year is (RE)TURN TO THE DRUM?\u00a0which looks into contemporary dance\u2019s engagements with traditions, cultures, memory, hybridity, and contested identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21473\" data-id=\"21473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba-WWOW-1-Jerome-Seron.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba-WWOW-1-Jerome-Seron.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba-WWOW-1-Jerome-Seron.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Robyn Orlin&#8217;s &#8220;we wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color \u2026 we said \u2018bonjour\u2019 to satan in 1820 \u2026&#8221; (2021) with Moving Into Dance Mophatong\n(photo by J\u00e9r\u00f4me S\u00e9ron)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21474\" data-id=\"21474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV1244a.jpg?resize=450%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV1244a.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV1244a.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY in Vincent Mantsoe&#8217;s CUT (part 2) (JOMBA! &#8211; 2022)\n(Photo: Val Adamson)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21476\" data-id=\"21476\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV2127a.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV2127a.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV2127a.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Vincent Mantsoe in &#8220;KOMA&#8221; (JOMBA! &#8211; 2022)\n(Photo: Val Adamson)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21475\" data-id=\"21475\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV3916a.jpg?resize=450%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV3916a.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DAV3916a.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mamela Nyamza&#8217;s &#8220;Hatched ensemble&#8221; (2023) JOMBA!\n(photo by Val Adamson)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21471\" data-id=\"21471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DSC0971a.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DSC0971a.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DSC0971a.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Moeketsi Koena and Gaby Saranouffi (JOMBA! @ DAG &#8211; 2018)\n(Photo: Val Adamson)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21472\" data-id=\"21472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DSC6753ac.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DSC6753ac.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jomba_DSC6753ac.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dada Masilo in &#8220;the bitter end of rosemary&#8221; (JOMBA! 2011\n(Photo: Val Adamson)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the title \u2018(re)turn to the drum\u2019, we want to provoke discussion with\/ by\/ on contemporary dance and its makers about how ideas of culture and tradition are being &#8211; and could be &#8211; negotiated and reimagined,\u201d explains JOMBA! curator and dialogues chair, Dr Lliane Loots (UKZN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTraditional dance forms are often seen as a set fixed embodiment of cultural heritage and historical narratives. Passed down through generations (sometimes as oral traditions) these dances are narrated and embodied in ways that see them encapsulate the often-nostalgic memories of past cultural values, rituals, and beliefs. Whether this is ballet, the rhythmic beats of flamenco, the storytelling of Bharatanatyam, or the powerful stamping of Ndlamu and Ngoma.\u201d<br \/>JOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE&nbsp;is interested in engaging the ideas and provocations and are especially interested in critical discussions in dance studies that engage\/problematize definitions and debates of meaning within terms like tradition, culture, hybridity, and contested identities; critical discussion\/analysis of dancers and choreographers whose work; bridges-, engages-, confronts tradition, culture and the contemporary world; critical dance engagement with feminist, decolonial and postcolonial challenges to the idea of hybridity and cultural exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference also looks to unpack how diasporic contemporary dance practices engage ideas of cultural appropriation, belonging, and identity in performance-making; and discussions of, and by, dancers and choreographers using traditional spirituality and spiritual practices to negotiate\/engage\/confront contemporary ways of being.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steering committee includes Lliane Loots (UKZN, SA), Thobile Maphanga (UKZN, SA), David Thatanelo April (UP, SA), Sarahleigh Castelyn (UEL, UK), Yvette Hutchison (Warwick Uni, UK), Clare Craighead (DUT, SA). Mbongeni Mtshali (UCT, SA) and Gift Marovatsanga (UKZN, SA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full details of the criteria and how to submit can be found at this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jomba.ukzn.ac.za\/masihambisane-dialogues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jomba.ukzn.ac.za\/masihambisane-dialogues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for submissions is 5 April at 4pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Centre for Creative Arts\u2019\u00a0JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience\u00a0is calling for the submission of abstracts for its 2024 edition which takes place from 22 to 24 May. 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