South African artists announced for 25th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience
Tickets are available through Computicket.
Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre and Mamela Nyamza are among the South African line-up for the 25th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN) from August 29 to September 10, 2023, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and other venues.
“JOMBA! will honour South African choreographer and dancer, Mamela Nyamza as the 2023 JOMBA! Legacy Artist. Nyamza’s cutting-edge and deeply interrogated dance work spans over two decades of dance-making in South Africa and internationally. JOMBA! celebrates Mamela for her vision and practice, and for significantly contributing to our country’s rich critical contemporary dance history and legacy,” said curator and artistic director, Dr Lliane Loots.
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She stated that JOMBA! is proud to celebrate her as one of South Africa’s most important dance voices- and to celebrate her very tangible heritage in the lexicon of African dance-making.
The JOMBA! 25th-anniversary festival includes a host of international guests, the JOMBA! Youth Open Horizons, after performance talks, the FORGING FUTURES dialogue a conversation that opens dancing borders for local artists with the Netherlands 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 available through Computicket.
For more information, visit https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/
