02 September 2010

Beneath the Robes - Under the Beliefs

JOMBA!NEW WORKS
"God's Unspoken Words"
Choreographed by Vusi Makanya
Dancers: Vusi Makanya and Dusi Dance Company (KwaMashu), guests and trainees
Photo by Val Adamson

Paying homage to the Past and the Present for the Future

JOMBA!NEW WORKS
"I Thank You"
Choreographed by Sifiso Majola
Dancers:Sifiso Majola and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Photo by Val Adamson

Shedding Personal Layers ...

JOMBA!NEW WORKS
"Who is This Beneath my Skin"
Choreographed and performed by Desire Davids
Photo by Val Adamson

SPRING HAS SPRUNG, AND SO HAS JOMBA!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG, AND SO HAS JOMBA!

Lauren Jones

The arrival of September not only heralded the much-anticipated arrival of some sun to Durban’s shores but the arrival of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience to the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre.
Audience members waited in anticipation for the opening address by Jomba’s artistic director and celebrated choreographer,

In Praise of the Holy Place

JOMBA! 2010 Artistic Director Lliane Loots's Opening Night Speech

It is always my great joy and delight to stand before you at the opening of the Centre for Creative Arts’s JOMBA! festival. It is always a personal opportunity for me to be reminded of what my theatre guru Jerzy Grotowski called the ‘great service of theatre’ - of being reminded that as (what Grotowski called) ‘holy’ theatre makers and theatre practitioners our greatest ‘gift’ is to make our work as if it were a service to our community.

Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience


CC JOMBA! CONTEMPORARY DANCE EXPERIENCE with photos by Val Adamson