Special Screening of Wim Wenders film PINA

Special Screening of Wim Wenders film PINA

An exciting prelude to the 13^th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, organised by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) with principal funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, is the one-off screening of the feature-length dance film PINA. Directed by legendary German filmmaker Wim Wenders, PINA is a tribute to late choreographer-dancer, Pina Bausch, and has drawn exceptional attendances in Europe.

Wenders takes the audience on a sensual, visually dazzling journey of thrilling dance. Following the dancers of the renowned Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble out of the theatre into the city and surrounding areas of Wuppertal – the place which was home and centre for Pina Bausch’s creativity - Wenders captures the essence and magic that is encapsulated in Bausch’s art. A keen cinema experimentalist, Wenders has made this film in 3D, saying “3D is a perfect medium to portray the multi-dimensional movement of dance”.

13TH JOMBA! CONTEMPORARY DANCE EXPERIENCE 2011

JOMBA! DANCE EXPERIENCE booklet - as JPG images -- pdf available on
www.cca.ukzn.ac.za 

TAKING CHANCES/MAKING CHOICES

TAKING CHANCES/MAKING CHOICES

Mandisa Haarhoff

The 2010 JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience has been a festival of collaborations. Foofwa d’ Imobilite’s The Making of Spectacles was a different and exciting collaboration with the audience in the selective creation of the dance-piece, influenced by Merce Cunningham’s ‘chance’ theory, using a democratic voting system rather than flipping a coin. 

Dramatic Finish

Dramatic Finish


Sli Hlengwa

The grand finale of JOMBA! 2010 called for something extraordinary.

ENTERING A FOREIGN LAND

ENTERING A FOREIGN LAND


Lisa Sterne

The transposition of a dance work from the rehearsal space to the stage is always interesting and often a magical process.

De-sacralising’ Spectacle

De-sacralising’ Spectacle


Samantha Daly

Burkinabé Filibert Tologo
in “The Making of Spectacles”
by Swiss choreographer Foofwa d'Imobilité
Picture by Cedric Vincensini

Last evening JOMBA! hosted Swiss choreographer, Foofwa d’Imobilité with his The Making of Spectacles (2008) . It directly involves the audience in the creation of the performance, which, Foofwa explains, serves as a way “to look at the psychology of spectator expectations, aesthetic desires, and participation in the making of a work of art... [And] ‘De-sacralising’ the grandeur of the spectacle”.

Democratic Dance Spectacle

Democratic Dance Spectacle

Chris Tobo

Last night I entered the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre to see “The Making of Spectacles”, by Swiss choreographer Foofwa d'Imobilité.

Making more than just a spectacle

Making more than just a spectacle


Yeshica Naidoo

Foofwa d’Imobilité, born Frédéric Gafner, took the conventions of dance theatre and the notion of the fourth wall and smashed them to smithereens last night in his “The Making of Spectacles”. 

DEMOCRACY CAN BE TRICKY

DEMOCRACY CAN BE TRICKY


Sli Hlengwa

The JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience really switched gears last night as it was turned on its head last by Foofwa d’ Imobilite’.

Breaking and, making a spectacle, of spectacles.

Breaking and, making a spectacle, of spectacles.


Lisa Sterne

“The Making of Spectacles” by the Swiss Foofwa d’ Imobilite dance company is aimed at being a collaborative process between the audience and the performers.

JOMBA! KHULUMA ISSUE TWO (BLACK AND WHITE)

 The CCA Website has changed location and the images are now only available on our archive site.

JOMBA! KHULUMA ISSUE TWO (BLACK AND WHITE) as a PDF

http://dbnweb2.ukzn.ac.za/cca/images/jomba/Jomba2010/images/KhulumaImages/JombaKhulumaISSUE2.pdf

Kenji is King

Kenji is King


Yeshica Naidoo

Reunion Island’s Cedric Saidou, known as ‘Kenji’ is in South Africa and has got every dance lover thanking the Lords for ‘Haine Terre Rieur’, and if they’re not, well they should be.

DEATH OF A TRADITION

DEATH OF A TRADITION

Lauren Jones

It’s not every day that a man in a shiny, gold suit welcomes you into a theatre space by handing you a cheaply printed pamphlet advertising overly-expensive funeral home policies.

KRAZY FOR KENJI

KRAZY FOR KENJI


Lauren Jones
A bare stage. Two bodies. Dimly lit, they crouch with their backs to the audience. Power and strength emanate from every angle, even in their stillness…. but then… they begin to move.

A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION

A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION


Lisa Sterne

There was talk of death after Sello Pesa’s site specific installation performance “Lime Light on Rites” which dealt with funeral policies in South Africa.

This performance left the audience wanting to talk about facts and rituals surrounding death in this country. As a 22 year old middle class white South African I have not given funeral policies much consideration, as death is not something I face regularly. Pesa explained that this is not the case for him and many poor communities.