21st CENTURY META-NARRATIVE OF THE FEMALE BODY

21st CENTURY META-NARRATIVE OF THE FEMALE BODY 

Chris Tobo

The 12th annual JOMBA! Dance festival kicked off with a bang at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre with three performances from Durban choreographers Desire Davids, Sifiso Majola and Vusi Makanya, who all feature as part of the New Works Programme.

The evening began with a thought-provoking address by JOMBA! Artistic Director Lliane Loots, whose speech set the provocative tone for the subsequent performances.

First up was Desire Davids’ intriguingly titled work “Who is This Beneath This My Skin”, a dance theatre experience which turned out to be as much about putting on layers as stripping them away. 

Welcome to the House of Gorgeous

Welcome to the House of Gorgeous

Mandisa Haarhoff

Breathtakingly provocative performances with astounding installations took over the night as a variety of artists, musicians, dancers and designers explored the “The Body Politic” at Friday night's RED EYE JOMBA! Audiences and performance artists from across the country found their way to Durban's biggest party of the year at the Durban Art Gallery (DAG). It certainly was all it promised to be, critically brave and entertainingly engaging.

DRENCHED IN FABULOSITY

DRENCHED IN FABULOSITY

Chris Tobo

By the time I arrive at the Durban Art Gallery I’m in a mild huff because I’m late for one of the biggest multi-media arts collaborative projects events of the year “Red Eye”. But it’s not just any edition of “Red Eye”; it’s the most ambitious one yet: collaboration with the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience.