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| 11th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in Durban from the 22 April - 3 May 2009 | ||||||||
The Centre for Creative Arts ( University of KwaZulu-Natal ) presents the 11th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience 22 April – 3 May 2009 Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre 7.30pm
The Centre for Creative Arts and its celebrated annual contemporary dance platform, JOMBA!, invites dance-lovers to explore this year's 11 day festival spanning two weeks. This 11th edition of the festival has dance offerings which encompass the very best of local and international dancers and dance companies and some unique world premiere dance collaborations. JOMBA! offers top contemporary dance from South Africa in the form of our special guest Sifiso Kweyama and his company OKHELA Dance Theatre from Johannesburg . Presenting two works, “The Language (they understand)” and “Watermelon”, Kweyama's unique voice is his bold exploration of male identity and his unashamed access of his emotional male self. In “Watermelon” he asks, “What if the heart was a watermelon that needed water twice a day to keep it pumping? What happens if the heart does not get watered for two days, two weeks or three months?”. JOMBA! has commissioned Durban 's much loved Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre to premiere two new works from budding choreographers Ntombi Gasa and Neliswa Rushulang . Both Gasa and Rushulang have recently been the joint recipients of the 2008 KZN DanceLink Abololongi Award for service to dance in KZN, and JOMBA! offers Durban audiences an opportunity to see the new stable of young Siwela Sonke dancers create the edgy work that this company has become famous for. Rushulang's work, “The Human Ladder” is a heartfelt step into the idea of ubuntu and what it means to support one another, while Gasa's work, “FACES”, is a bold political work that looks at a flailing human race On the international front, and celebrating JOMBA 's commitment to showcase works from the African continent, the festival is hosting Theatre Taliipot - a theatre collective from Mauritius, Reunion Island and Madagascar . They will perform a magical dance theatre work called “Mâ Ravan”. Directed and choreographed by Philippe Pelen Baldini, this work is a powerful invocation of the ancestral stories of the Indian Ocean through drums and dance. It is a music, dance and theatre show inspired by the ravanne, a round drum common to all Indian Ocean islands. This drum is a rallying point, creating alliances and linking different worlds together. Performers sing, dance and play and make the ravanne dance to awaken the memories of individual and collective stories written on everyone's skin, on the dancers' skin, echoing that of ravannes. Moving to the West of Africa, Nigeria's Ijodee Dance Company, from the port city of Lagos, will perform two award winning solos and then premiere their new collaboration with Durban port city's own inimitable Flatfoot Dance Company . The meeting of these two powerful African dance companies is sure to create a stir in their new full-length collaboration called “encounters”. Jointly choreographed by Adedayo M. Liadi and Lliane Loots, “encounters” speaks of both the immense difficulty of meeting across South and West Africa, of missed trips and failed economic support, but also of individual will and spirit which teaches that when bodies dance and beat drums together they cannot but form bonds of the heart. A first for JOMBA! this year is the JOMBA! Dance On Screen, curated by South Africa 's Jeannette Ginslov and Gerard Bester [ montage video dance festival & Walking Gusto Productions ]. Thirteen short films from around the world are on show – offering audiences the very best of international ‘dance on screen'. The festival FRINGE (26 April at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre) and YOUTH FRINGE (happening at the Ekhaya Multi-Arts Centre (Kwa-Mashu) at 2pm on the 25 April) offers open platforms to new dance makers – young and old alike. These developmental showcases, replete with surprise packages, provide exciting public opportunities for emerging talent. Look out for a series of free dance workshops with the festivals participating local, national and international dancers and choreographers - these activities require prior booking through the Centre for Creative Arts on 031 – 260 2506. Visit www.cca.ukzn.ac.za for a full listing of performance and workshop dates and times. Ticket Prices R35.00 – adults R25.00 – students, scholars and pensioners R20.00 – block bookings Booking is through Computicket The 11 th Jomba Contemporary Dance Experience is kindly supported by the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS), French Institute of South Africa, Stichting Doen and the City of Durban .
For Media queries, interviews and photographs contact Sharlene Versfeld (Versfeld and Associates) T: 031 201 1650 F: 031 201 1654 |
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22 April (Wednesday): Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
SIWELA SONKE Dance Theatre is one of Durban’s longest standing contemporary dance companies. Begun as a training programme of the Playhouse in 1994, it has grown over the years, under the artistic directorship of Jay Pather, to become a leading national and international dance company, known for its quirky and political edginess.
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23 April (Thursday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
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24 April (Friday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm OHKELA Dance Company was established in 2004 and is a vehicle for the socially aware work of Sifiso E. Kweyama. Kweyama began with Jazzart Dance Theatre before returning to Durban to co-create Phenduka Dance Theatre. He went on to become the Project Manager for Dance Forum and acted as an assistant director of the FNB Dance Umbrella Festival, which included facilitating the Young Choreographers Programme and the Gauteng MEC Stepping Stones Development Programme. OHKELA would like to thank the National Arts Council of South Africa and The FNB Dance Umbrella for the financial support of realizing these dance works.
The Language (they understand) Choreographer: Sifiso E. Kweyama Dancers: Sanele Mzinyane and Sifiso Majola Music: Carlo Mombelli This work highlights the plight of men who live with denial of their ordinary human qualities. They have been inculcated into a culture that believes that real men don’t cry, have nothing to fear, know no problems, and that the onus to maintain the bright side of things rests with them. These are men whose muffled call for help gets heard only when they ultimately break down.
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25 April (Saturday) Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre (KwaMashu)
The Youth Fringe, fast becoming the hit of every festival for the sheer vitality and energy of the performances, is a showground for young dancers under 16. This year will feature works by many of Durban’s dance development programmes showing off the incredible dance training being given. NOT TO BE MISSED! 13:50 doors open to public 14:00 JOMBA! YOUTH FRINGE begins This programme is set to run for approximately 1h30min without interval! -Siyakhula Dance Project (Jabu Siphika); Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
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26 April (Sunday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
This open performance platform provides an opportunity for up-coming choreographers (over 16 – some new to choreography and some professional dancers) to present their work in a professional environment with the support of a full technical team. This is one of the ways in which the JOMBA! festival offers assistance in developing new young talent by offering them the space to experiment. Participants are chosen by a selection panel via a written submission form. Participation is open to any dancer or choreographer, no matter what level of expertise, as long as they are over 16years. Through a rigorous and debated process of selection, the panel finally selects work that looks to be innovative and challenging around both form and content. Congratulations to the participants of 2009 Jomba! Fringe: Thobeka Quvane, Shayna de Kock and LeftFeetFirst, Mosimanegape Mathule (Saccha Theatrical Corporation), Thato M. Oliphant, Vusi Makanya, Cato Manor Vibe!!, Wesley Maherry, Mandisa Roeleene Haarhoff, Sizwe Zulu, Katie Lee Essom, and Sifiso Khumalo |
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28 April (Tuesday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
1. aprop (2007) 11:00mins (Spain) Dir: Aitor Echeverria Sleep interrupted by the brush of a familiar touch. The light caress of a finger across your back. The sigh of that voice inviting you to play. The most everyday gestures become, at close range, an extraordinary dance.2. Little room for doubt (2008) 4:49mins (Philippines) Dir: Donna Miranda Where we live, there is a lot of waiting. Under the sweltering heat of the noon sun, chasing dust in an old-forgotten train station, life continues as if nothing has changed nor bound to change. Watching time erupt over each passing and going, peaceful street-riots and forgotten collective memories, people sit and wait. Deep in the pleasure of uncertainty and displacement of familiarity, hope lingers about in this little room for doubt. Meanwhile the camera observes. And because time is an undeniable dictator, the body battling indecision, we can only stand and wait as the ‘dance’ reveals itself.3. The Movement of Things (2008) 9:20mins (Portugal) Dir: Daniel Pinheiro: Sem Palco – Cultural Association. Movement is a basic element in all-time-based visual media forms. Videodance is distinguished from other film genres by its emphasis on the craft and composition of movement in the work - based on the natural movement of things. It’s about trying to capture the essence of movement itself. A human being allows the external movement of things to invade him without denying the internal movement that happens even when everything around is static. Paper seagulls, silhouette shapes, moving sand, sea, shadows, waves. A body runs and falls continuously. Writing Credits: Gérard de Cortanze “Le Mouvement des Choses” (poem); Richard Serra - “Verb list compilation: Action to relate to Oneself” (text).
5. Swan (2008) 11:10mins (Turkey) Dir: Safak Turkel Chor: Selçuk Gölder, Asli Günes, Alparslan Karaduman Swan is an example of a challenging objective that aims to transform the classics, in order to refresh their hidden kernel, in the way that it perceives one of the most popular pieces of classical ballet: Swan Lake. Swan is based on the classical story of the Swan Lake but the film is more than just a new version of that masterpiece; it protects the basic story of Swan Lake but still the whole work is based on the recreation of a classical ballet work with a totally new dance language and the acquisitions of video art. Swan is a fabulous experience that pushes the limits of time and space. It tries to reflect the fantastic that stands right on the basis of Swan Lake.6. City of Lost Moons (2008) 5:00mins (USA) Performance, video, edit, costume design, sound: Kathy Rose A poetic vision of the self and the moon, carpeted with voices; a ritual of the mind.
7. Animalz (2006) 3:20 mins. (UK) Dir: Sergio Cruz. Choreography: JP Omari Animalz is an exuberant fantasy in which boys emerge from the sea, like the original amphibians, and colonise a forest, marking out their territory in a break-dance celebration of Nature and her feral sons. The film takes the urban B-Boy skills of Brighton and Hove’s B3 Boys into the city’s surrounding natural landscapes, where the sixteen 8-14 year-old dancers are encouraged to bring out the animal in themselves in their energetic performances.
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8. Raft of Medusa (2008) 17:00mins (Germany) Designer and video artist: Lutz Gregor Chor: Federicapaola Capecchi Tightened dialogue with the space and the choreographic movement, propose an approach to the spiritual and political body, with a strong commitment to the iconography of the Italian school (Duccio, Fra Angelico, Caravaggio, Signorelli), as an ulterior plan and parallel to an emotional vision.9. Of The Heart (2007) 6:00mins (USA) Dir: Douglas Rosenberg & Allen Kaeja. Choreography: David Dorfman & Lisa Race Of The Heart is a tender and moving duet for the camera that slowly unfolds in a windblown field in late fall. The film speaks of longing and desire and is a richly metaphoric movement portrait. The performance by Dorfman and Race is heartfelt and honest, stripped to its emotional core.10. Illusion for Movements (2008) 3:00mins (Italy) Dir: Santini Michele, Paoloni Lorenza 11. Alpine Lilies (2008) 7:37mins (Israel) Dir: Shimrit Golan A collage of characters living in a distant world. The film uses the media of dance and movements to have a small say about loneliness, tenderness and hope. Best Movie prize at the Bochum International Film Festival 2008.12. Zephyr (2008) 5:24mins (USA) Dir: John Bush Choreography: Nadine Helstroffer Filmed in New York City parks, Zephyr features a trio of sleepy, wind-ruffled blossoms in the green soul of the city. At times giddy, at times poignant, this surreal take on spring celebrates the fluidity of being – the elusiveness of it all within the gift of each moment.13. Sanctum (2009) 10:00mins (South Africa) Dir: Jeannette Ginslov, Choreography: Jeannette Ginslov in collaboration with Vishanthi Arumugam Sanctum reveals and amplifies the kinaesthetic and emotional struggle of silenced yet complicit women bound by the “cultural practice” of Female Genital Mutilation. |
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29 April (Wednesday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
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30 April (Thursday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm IJODEE DANCE CENTRE (IDC) is a professional Contemporary/African Dance Centre located in Lagos, Nigeria. It focuses on training, research, talent
Choreographed and Performed by: Adedayo M. Liadi. In imagination tells about one’s freedom through movement coming from a deep source of inspiration that no one can voice; the imaginary body in a plain space reflecting the movement that comes from within - offering, in one’s silence, to voice the complex. ‘It has to be’ is the conclusion; ‘yes or no’ is the answer; ‘Beauty’ is the word the body language speaks. Giving strength to the weak to be his or herself…so be yourself. Choreographed and performed by: Umeigbo Celina Nneka. In the stillness of time movement produces volume. If I refuse to accept facts does that mean I am stupid? The burn in me is not only for the world to see, it burns so that the goodness in my heart will appear, it burns to ashes the insecurity and foolishness that life has given me, with my hands I’ll burn away the conscience that I never had. Under my feet lie the journey of a million miles to fulfillment, yes it hurts but it has to BURN. Interval FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY is an award winning African contemporary dance company working from its home base here in Durban. Housed at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus), the company has developed a reputation for politically astute dance theatre that has it traveling both nationally and internationally. The company formed professionally in 2003 and, under the artistic directorship of Lliane Loots, has also been part of a long history of growing young dancers in various training programmes and dance development projects in both urban and rural KZN. FLATFOOT would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the National Arts Council of South Africa and HIVOS.
Choreographers: Adedayo M. Liadi and Lliane Loots For JOMBA! 2009, FLATFOOT will be collaborating with fellow African company IJODEE Dance Company. In this ‘encounter’ between South Africa and Nigeria, two choreographers face-up and learn to celebrate the meeting of minds, spirits and dancing African bodies. Both Lliane Loots (Durban) and Adedayo M. Liadi (Lagos) have long dreamt of working together, having formed a strong friendship in 2004. This work, encounters speaks of both the immense difficulty of meeting across South and West Africa, of missed trips and failed economic support, but also of individual will and spirit that has taught all of us that when bodies dance and beat drums together they cannot but form bonds of the heart. |
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1 May (Friday) Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
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2 May (Saturday)
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm
Mâ Ravan Mâ Ravan is a music, dance and theatre show inspired by the ravanne, a round drum common to all Indian Ocean islands which is also found in Eastern Africa, India and Sri Lanka. The drum is like a rallying point, creating alliances and linking different worlds together. This work has been created to echo the memory and energy of the ravanne which is used to call the ancestors, to call on those who stayed on the other side of the sea, to call on one’s origins, on life and the living. Mâ Ravan draws on Indian Ocean rhythms, on travels, exiles, break ups and great crossings. It stages the urgent need – beyond the wounds of history – to resume links and filiations from one island, coast or world to another. Between ritual and representation, through the evocation and invocation of the “grands Marrons” (fugitive slaves) – rebels, resistance fighters and timeless heroes who opened the way to freedom – this show stages, in the “flesh”, the life forces found in everyone today. Performers sing, play and make the ravanne dance to awaken the memories and secret alliance between nature and man, man and his long history. The Taliipot Theatre offers a dance, a party, a ritual based on the exploration of individual and collective stories written on everyone’s skin, on the dancers’ skin, echoing that of ravannes.
About the Text: The fabric of the text is made of slave names rediscovered by various historians led by Sudel Fuma in Reunion Island, and of names given to slaves by their masters to shame them, listed by Alain Romaine from Mauritius. The text is also made of forgotten names, names that bear the mark of exile and rupture, as well as names from other places. It is made of resistance names, the names of “grands Marrons” or free men and women who fled slavery and found refuge in the mountains. Such root-names call upon memory, freedom and movement. They seal the link between men and nature. The text, which is short, is written like a score, which means there is no language barrier! Theatre Taliipot’s participation at JOMBA! has been made possible by: |
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3 May (Sunday)
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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience 22 April – 3 May 2009 WORKHOPS SCHEDULE PLEASE NOTE: These workshops are offered free of charge to participants but booking is essential as places are limited. - Call Maggie on 031 – 260 3118 to book a place in one or all of the following workshops. |
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WORKHOPS SCHEDULE 23 April (Thursday) • 5 – 6.30pm: adult open class - technique (Ntombi Gasa and Neliswa Rushulang of Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre – South Africa) Venue: Dance Studio (Movement Room 2 - UKZN) |
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WORKHOPS SCHEDULE 25 April (Saturday) • 9 – 11am: adult open class - technique (Sifiso Kweyama – South Africa) Venue: Dance Studio (Movement Room 2 - UKZN) |
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WORKHOPS SCHEDULE 27 April (Monday) “Encountering Nigerian Contemporary Dance – a workshop morning with IJODEE Dance Company ” • 9am – 10.15am: Contemporary Yoruba Bata Dance (Isioma Williams – Nigeria) • 10.30am – 12noon: African Contemporary technique (Adedayo Liadi – Nigeria) Venue: Dance Studio (Movement Room 2 - UKZN) |
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WORKHOPS SCHEDULE 2 May (Saturday) • 9am – 11am: adult open class (Theatre Taliipot – Reunion) Venue: Dance Studio (Movement Room 2 - UKZN) |
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Last updated on 15 April 2009 Original photography by: Val Adamson, Rafs Mayet, Precious Ngcobo, Jeeva Rajgopaul, Monica Rorvik, and Peter Rorvik
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4. Oscar (2008) 2:47mins (USA) Directed, choreographed, and edited by: Harper Piver 
