Preview: JOMBA! digital arts festival 2020

Dates: August 25  to September 6, 2020

Platform: https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/


Cost: No charge

The 22nd edition of JOMBA! โ€“ Durbanโ€™s dance festival โ€“ is taking place online. Check out the extensive programme to see what is on offer. The work includes pieces made in response to Covid-19 and major pieces made by dance luminaries around the world.

For the  JOMBA! Legacy platform, JOMBA! โ€œinvited nine key dance makers from all over the globe who have had a significant impact on making JOMBA! the premier contemporary dance festival in Africa.โ€ These are a must watch.

Here is the link https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/jomba-legacy/ Programme for JOMBA! Legacy:

โœ” DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATRE
Chicago, USA

โœ” GREGORY MAQOMA and VUYANI DANCE THEATRE
(Johannesburg, South Africa)

โœ” ADEDAYO LIADI and IJODEE DANCE COMPANY
(Lagos, Nigeria)

โœ” ANITA RATNAM
(Chennai, India)

โœ” MUSA HLATSHWAYO and MHAYISE PRODUCTIONS
(Durban, South Africa)

โœ” LESLIE SCOTT and BODYART Dance Company
(New Orleans, USA)

โœ” ROBYN ORLIN
(South Africa, Germany)

โœ” INTRODANS
(Arnhem, The Netherlands)

โœ” GERMAINE ACOGNY
(Ecole des Sables, Senegal)

โœ… High on my watch list is Robyn Orlinโ€™s piece (2012) – screened Thursday September 3โ€“ 7pm and Friday  September 4 โ€“ 12 noon (repeat screening). Orlin lives in Berlin with her husband, South African filmmaker Oliver Schmitz and their daughter Ruby Nomalanga.


โœณ https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/robyn-orlinsouth-africagermany/https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/robyn-orlinsouth-africagermany/

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