Woza! Set your spirit free and feel the vibrant beat of Africa through dance.
Head to the Elizabeth Snaddon Theatre to celebrate the joy of movement, rythm and youth with Jomba! The Centre for Creative Arts and Jomba! Contemporary Dance Festival presents “Ukukhula Komdanso Festival” - Dance that Grows, a dance platform that nurtures and celebrates youth dance and youth culture.
The Centre for Creative Arts and its annual contemporary dance platform,
Jomba!, invites you to explore this year’s one week festival that
celebrates the ‘growing of dance’ in Durban and KwaZulu-Natal. Aptly
named Ukukhula Komdanso, this Jomba! dance offering is a series of local and
international performances and dance collaborations that celebrate not only our
growing and talented young dancers but dance that also grows a new audience.
We have carefully created a programme that presents top contemporary dance
from South Africa in the form of special guests Moving Into Dance Mophatong
(Johannesburg), and also revels in the international collaboration between
hip-hop specialist and contemporary dance expert Daniel Renner (The
Netherlands) as he puts Durban’s award winning Flatfoot Dance Company
(and Guests) through their paces. The Centre for Creative Arts has also
commissioned some of Durban’s award-winning choreographers such as Musa
Hlatshwayo, Sifiso Kitsona Khumalo, Lliane Loots, Vusi Makanya,
Varsha Sharma and Cato Manor Vibe!! to premier new work with young
dancers. All these dancers are under twenty and will be working on a professional
platform for the first time – a wonderful growing of dance indeed!
The festival also presents the annual Fringe and Youth Fringe which
offers open platforms to new dance makers of all ages. These remain important
platforms for the discovery of emerging talent. In addition, we are delighted to
host a dance education mini-conference on Sunday, 29 June, where international
and local experts in dance education and teaching will engage and debate with
us around improved practice. The key note speaker is Adriaan Luteijn from
Introdans (The Netherlands) whose dance education work has spanned nearly
fifteen years.
Need to know? Please note that some activities require you to book in advance. Check out the programme - www.cca.ukzn.ac.za
Booking is through Computicket or at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from one hour before the show starts.
So, where's the show? 7.30pm 24 - 29 June 2008 at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Enjoy!
