Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal)21st JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

JOMBA!27 August – 8 September 2019

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Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal)21st JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

JOMBA!27 August – 8 September

Sneddon Theatre and other venuesBOOKING AT COMPUTICKET

WWW.CCA.UKZN.AC.ZA

JOMBA! acknowledges the support of its partners and funders:

Organised by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal), the 21st JOMBA!Contemporary Dance Experience is supported primarily by the eThekwini Municipality.

The Centre for Creative Arts is a special project of the College of Humanities, University ofKwaZulu-Natal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Centre for Creative Arts

University of KwaZulu-NatalTel: 031 – 260 2506/1816

E-mail: cca@ukzn.ac.za or jombafestival@gmail.comwww.cca.ukzn.ac.za

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The Centre for Creative Arts and the College of Humanities of the University of KwaZulu-Natalproudly present the

21st annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience27 August – 8 September 2019

Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7.30pm (and Sunday 8 September @ 2.30pm)Durban Art Gallery: Saturday 31 August @ 6pm

Pieter Scholtz Open Air Theatre (JOMBA! Youth Fringe): Sunday 1 September @ 2pm

Venues:Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre

(Tel: 031 – 260 2296)University of KwaZulu-Natal

Howard College CampusTickets R60 (Students/scholars R45)Book at Computicket (or at venue

one hour before)

JOMBA! @ DAGDurban Art Gallery: 2nd Floor, City

Hall, Anton Lembede Street, Durban

Saturday 31 August @ 6pm - Entrance Free!

Pieter Scholtz Open Air TheatreUKZN – Howard College Campus

YOUTH FRINGE: Sunday 1 September @ 2pm: Entrance Free!

Enquiries: 082 – 875 6065

Dance Studio (Movement Room 2)University of KwaZulu-Natal

Howard College Campus(JOMBA! open workshop venue)

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Welcome to 13 days of JOMBA!JOMBA! Is a unique contemporary dance festival in that it sits squarely within the Centre for Creative Arts and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s vision of a centre of excellence in arts that supports, first and foremost, the university community. Various workshops, guest classes, free studenttickets and the acclaimed JOMBA! Writing Residency (and the accompanying blog JOMBA! KHULUMA) all support the growth of dance within the arts and humanities vision of UKZN. By supporting the growth and development in the arts within a space of teaching and learning like UKZN, the CCA and JOMBA! also embrace its wider community which is its city and its province. Our biggest and most consistent funding partner, for 21 years of JOMBA!, is the City of eThekwini. As such our mandate grows to support the development of Durban and KZN based dancers and choreographers and this is done by variousperformance grants to local artists, and the creation, within JOMBA!, of various platforms that support KZN artists; platforms like KZN ON THE EDGE, the JOMBA! Fringe and the JOMBA! Youth Fringe.

Beyond this, the curatorial vision for JOMBA! is four-fold:1. To create a platform to showcase the excellence of Durban based dancers and choreographers, and to offer space for supporting the onwardtraining and development for Durban dancers and choreographers through a series of JOMBA! based workshops, masterclasses and residencies. 2. To invite current South African dance theater works that are breaking boundaries, causing controversy, and offering performance excellence. 3. To create a space in both contemporary performance and in residencies/workshops/collaborations to connect Durban and South Africa to ourAfrican continent, making JOMBA! a platform that consistently supports African dance works of excellence.4. To link Durban dancers and audiences, via the JOMBA! platform, to international dancers, choreographers and dance companies that arecutting edge, innovative and inventive. This includes dance companies and choreographers from, amongst other global spaces, USA, Europe andmore recently, India.

I invite you to sit back and enjoy another overflowing edition of JOMBA! and to celebrate the incredible power of the contemporarydancing, moving body to speak truth to power!

Lliane LootsArtistic Director: JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

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The Centre for Creative Arts and the JOMBA! Festival are proud to continue to support excellence in contemporarydance performance and offers two festival awards to recognise local excellence.

1. The “JOMBA! ERIC SHABALALA DANCE CHAMPION AWARD” is now in its 9th year for 2019 and has been set up in memoryof Eric Shabalala whose dedication to dance education and training has left a lasting legacy in KZN and South Africa. The award is giveneach year to a KZN based dance practitioner who has exceled in service to dance, and this may include performance and choreography,but the award is more profoundly a recognition of inspired teaching and making space available for the training and the longevity ofdance in KZN. Previous recipients of the award are:

2011 recipient: Jarryd Watson (Dance Movement)2012 recipient: Sifiso Khumalo (Flatfoot Dance Company)2013 recipient: Preston ‘Kayzo’ Kyd and Byrone ‘Bizzo’ Tifflin (031 Floor Assassins)2014 recipient: (jointly awarded) Jabu Siphika, Julia Wilson and Zinhle Nzama(Flatfoot Dance Company) 2015 recipient: Ntombi Gasa (Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre)2016 recipient: Musa Hlatshawyo (Mhayisa Productions)2017 recipient: S’fiso ‘Magesh’ Ngcobo (St. Nicholas Diocesan School)2018 recipient: Mduduzi Mtshali (DUT Drama Stdies Porgremma)

The award will be presented on Thursday 5 September @ 19h30 prior to the performance of the JOMBA! on the Edge platform.

2. JOMBA! 2019 is proud to present the 3rd edition of the “JOMBA! Pick Of the Fringe Award”. The curated JOMBA! FRINGE featuresaround 10 to 12 new short works each year and in recognition of the excellence of independent artists and companies bringing work to thisplatform, the Centre for Creative Arts offers this award. It comes with a small ‘no strings attached’ cash injection for the onward work of the artist/s.

The adjudication panel for 2019 are:• Adrienne Sichel – (retired) independent arts/dance journalist and writer, and founder of The Ar(t)chive at the Wits School of Arts. • Prof. Ketu Katrak - Department of Drama, University of California, Irvine (USA)• Musa Hlatshwayo – dancer, choreographer and Director of Durban’s Mhayisa Productions, and the 2018 recipient of the Standard BankYoung Artists Award for dance.

The award will be presented directly after the JOMBA! FRINGE on Wednesday 4 September.

JOMBA! AWARDS

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JOMBA! 2019 ProgrammeTuesday 27 August – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre) Welcome and Opening Address: Lliane Loots (JOMBA! Artistic Director)• “Cape of Ghosts” JAZZART - Choreography by Sifiso Kweyamainterval• “Limitless Self ” JAZZART – Choreographer by Shaun Oelf

Wednesday 28 August – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre) • “Cape of Ghosts” JAZZART - Choreography by Sifiso Kweyamainterval• “Limitless Self ” JAZZART – Choreographer by Shaun Oelf • JOMBA! Talks Dance with Sifiso Kweyama and the JAZZART team

Thursday 29 August – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre) (please note that there is limited seating available for this performance!)• “Bootlegged” - boyzie cekwana and Danya Hammoud

Friday 30 August – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre)(please note that the is limited seating available for this performance!)• “Bootlegged” - boyzie cekwana and Danya Hammoud• JOMBA! Talks Dance with cekwana and Hammoud

Saturday 31 August – 18h00 (DURBAN ART GALLERY)JOMBA! @ DAG – THIS EVENT IS FREE!• “SOUTH-SOUTH: Dance on Screen” Curated by Sofía Castro (Argentina)• “hymn + them” Choreographer and Director: Leslie Scott - BODYART

Sunday 1 September – 14h00 (Open Air Theatre – UKZN Howard College Campus)• JOMBA! YOUTH FRINGE (see page 20 for details) – THIS EVENT IS FREE!

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Monday 2 September – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre)Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company• “Vasanth” Choreography by Daniel Phoenix Singh• "Ethanai Bhavam" (from the movie "Uliyin Osai") Choreographer: Vineeth • “ODE” (excerpts: Spring and Winter) Choreographer: Daniel Phoenix Singh interval • "Kanna Nee Thoongada" (from the movie "Baahubali 2") Choreographer: Rachel Prem• “Lyric Suite” (1953) Choreographer: Anna Sokolow; Restaged by: Lorry May (2019)• JOMBA! Talks Dance with the company

Wednesday 4 September – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre)• JOMBA! FRINGE - featuring 10 selected works of 15 to 20 minutes each, by local up andcoming choreographers (see page 21 for details).• Awarding of the “JOMBA! PICK OF THE FRINGE”

Thursday 5 September – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre)• Presentation of the 6th annual “JOMBA! Eric Shabalala Dance Champion Award”.JOMBA! ON THE EDGE (please note that this programme may contain nudity)• “NINA WABANTU” Choreography Thulisile Binda in collaboration with the cast members• “On the Margin I …” Choreography by Sizwe Hlophe in collaboration with Mzamo Kunene

Friday 6 September – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre)• “MAN” choreographed by Fana TshabalalaInterval• “amaVendors” choreographed by Fana Tshabalala in collaboration with the FLATFOOT dancers• JOMBA! Talks Dance with Fana Tshabalala and the FLATFOOT company

Saturday 7 September – 19h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre)• “The Encounter” choreography by Lulu MlangeniInterval• “SoliiDaD, an abstract journey to oblivion” choreography by Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe.• JOMBA! Talks Dance with Mantsoe and Mlangeni

Sunday 8 September – 14h30 (Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre) – please note the 2.30pm start time!• The Encounter” choreography by Lulu MlangeniInterval• “SoliiDaD, an abstract journey to oblivion” choreography by Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe.

(please note that this programme is subject to change)

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Jazzart Dance Theatre continues to do what it does best - challenging the dance status quo and social stereotypes,by breaking barriers, defying gravity and embracing and celebrating the curves of African bodies. Since its inception in1973, Jazzart Dance Theatre has held sacred, it’s deep responsibility to tell the stories of South Africans. It has been at theforefront of contemporary dance development by serving all communities without prejudice or bias and continues its social responsibility through its training and outreach programs servicing marginalised communities.

“Cape of Ghosts” Choreographer & Construction: Sifiso KweyamaChoreographic Contribution: Current and original castDancers: Darion Adams, Gabriella Dirkse, Keenun Wales, Siphosethu Gojo, Vuyolwethu Nompetsheni Poet: Khadija Tracey HeegerOpening Poem: Lewellyn Afrika, Voice over by Shaun OelfOriginal Lighting Design: Faheem BardienCostume Designer: Roderick JaipalCreated by Sifiso Kweyama and the cast, Cape of Ghosts digs deep to find the core of what constitutesthe ownership of land. Heritage? Economy? Legacy? Ancestral land is far more than a few grains of sand.It holds a profound spiritual connection to the earth for many and marks the place where forefathers were laid to rest.

“Limitless Self ”Choreographer: Shaun Oelf Dancers names: Darion Adams, Gabriella Dirkse, Keenun Wales, Siphosethu Gojo, Vuyolwethu Nompetsheni Original Lighting Design: Faheem BardienCostume Designer: Lee KotzeLimitless Self is a new work for Jazzart and explores the pinnacles of discovering oneself. As an artist oneconstantly sharpens and deepens one’s understanding of who we are as performers by being vulnerable andopen; our joy, sorrow, pain and pleasure, juxtaposed with the discipline and self-reflection is necessary to createan artist and embrace the landscape of our lives - this is ‘limitless self ’.

Jazzart Dance TheatreCape Town, South Africa

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Boyzie Cekwana and Danya Hammoud(South Africa and Lebanon)“Bootlegged”In the American Midwest of the 1880s, white men would conceal bottles of illicit alcohol in boottops when going to trade with Native Americans (an effective strategy of neutralizing recalcitrantNatives by intoxication). Bootlegging then, was born. With the advent of the Prohibition, in the 1920s, theterm got inducted into the American vocabulary. In effect, the term denotes ‘smuggling’. This is an invitation to witness a process of multiplying the angles of a critical encounter between two bodies,two stories and two histories. Each emanating from a continent, colliding in a third one. Formed by troubleand wrinkled by time, our bodies bend and contort in order to slip through borders.In an attempt to unfold one to the other, tensions are revealed, vulnerabilities exposed and transcended, perhaps.New wrinkles will start to appear, this time through the presence and complicity of twobodies, standing up, standing for, standing with or standing behind each other.

Concept and performance: Danya Hammoud and boyzie cekwanaOriginal Lighting: Danya Hammoud, boyzie cekwana, Simon LichtenbergerProduction: danyahammoud and boyziecekwana| randomirekshnzCoproduction: Kaserne Basel (CH), Hammana Artist House (LB), Kaaitheater, Bruxelles (BE), Connexion BXL Festival (BE)

Acknowledgments: Pro Helvetia Cairo, Schweizer Kulturstiftung; Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, Schweizer Kulturstiftung

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JOMBA! @ DAG

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JOMBA! 2019 is proud to be presenting its second year of collaboration with theDurban Art Gallery in a magnificent dance theatre and film event that is one of JOMBA’s ‘free events”.

·“SOUTH-SOUTH: Dance on Screen”Curated by Sofía Castro (Argentina)The young dancers and creators in these 5 short cinematic dance films, come from different corners withinArgentina, and make a revolutionary statement against traditional audiovisual forms of "fiction", "documentary" and "experimental"cinema to depict dance that jumps off the stage and into the streets, taking the spaces they inhabit as their own through their moving manifestos.

1.PATH OF EXPLORATIONDirection: Chama - 2:18A professional dancer questions his role in a ballet company while searching for truer art forms that allow him to contribute deeper as an artistto the dance world.

2. MAIDSDirection: Sofía Castro - 5:07Inspired by Augusto Monterroso’s “Maids”, this short film combining fiction and screendance presents a maid ballerina embodying the voices oftwo stock radio drama lovers who plan to murder her with their own hands.

3.LADO ADirection: Alejandrina Groisman - 6:42Two instruments (body and drums) execute a mimetic unit to play with the confusion of the origin of sound and movement, in order to plungethe body into a state of madness.

4.LOS LOCOS NO SE OCULTAN (“crazy people do not hide”)Direction: Francisco Bouzas - 8:57A young percussionist and dancer travel the neighbourhood promoting themselves and the carnival – their goal toshift the negative image of the slums …

5.BAILABILONIADirections: Silvina Estévez - 26:57Here the music, the movement of the body, and that of the camera are intertwined until they merge to re-think therelationship of body to space. A free body runs through and old 1912 library ..

• hymn + them (New Orleans, USA) Choreographer and Director: Leslie Scott - BODYART Performers: Rachel Abrahams + Jonathan Bryant Costumes, Set and Lighting: Hannah Lax

Anybody who has swallowed the Wizard of Oz's scriptwriters notion thatthis is a work about the superiority of “home” over “away,” that the “moral”of Oz is as sickly-sweet “East, West, home’s best”—would do well to listen tothe yearning in Judy Garland’s voice as her face tilts up toward the skies.What she embodies with the purity of an archetype, is the human dream ofleaving. hymn + them is about the joys of going away, of leaving the graynessand entering the color. Over the Rainbow is, or ought to be, the anthem of allthe world’s migrants, all those who go in search of the place where the dreamsreally do come true. “It is a celebration of Escape, a grand paean to theuprooted self, a hymn—the hymn—to Elsewhere” (Salman Rushdie).

BODYART is a New Orleans-based multimedia dance and visual art companythat combines live performances and projected videos in non-traditional spaces.With a mission of public accessibility, the Company works to produce artworkin community spaces across the USA. BODYART regularly collaborates withcomposers, video artists, set/fashion/lighting designers, poets, and theater artists.This “creative community” approach to creation is at the core of our mission.

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Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company(Washington, USA)

Founded in 2003, Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company is one of the leading dancecompanies in Washington. Dakshina means “offering” in Sanskrit and in keeping with this spirit,Dakshina offers artists and communities the unique opportunity to experience dance as amovement that links the arts, cultures, and social causes.In recent years, Dakshina has examined the connections between Indian, social, and moderndance forms; brought dance out of the auditorium and into schools and community centers.Singh works in a broad palette of styles ranging from Bharata Natyam, modern dance and asyncretic hybrid of the two forms. Daniel Phoenix Singh is the Founding Artistic Director.

“Vasanth”Choreographer: Daniel Phoenix SinghCostume Design: Judy HansenLighting Design: Todd Mion and Lisa MionDancers: Heinz Adjakwah, Miguel Alcantara, Jamal Black, Valerie Branch, Helen MarieCarruthers, Nicole Daniell, Julie DeGregorio, and Rachel Prem“Vasanth is the retelling of how Spring returns to earth after years of desolation. In this work Singhcombines his love of Modern Dance and Bharata Natyam to create movement that is built on groupdynamics and use of space while layering in the fine filigreed detail of hand gestures, rhythmicvariations, and facial mime that Indian dance is known for”.

"Ethanai Bhavam" (from the movie "Uliyin Osai")Choreographer: Vineeth Composer: Ilaiyaraaja (in year 2008) / Singer: Sriram ParthasarathyLighting Design: Lisa MionDancer: Rachel PremThis song is narrated from the point of view of a sculptor. His song goes on to detailhow he has picked up the subtle nuances in bharatanatyam while not knowing anythingabout dance, simply by listening to the music and watching dancers perform.

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“ODE” (excerpts: Spring and winter)Choreographer: Daniel Phoenix SinghCostume Design: Judy HansenMusic: The Four Seasons by Antonio VivaldiPoems: Chris AugustLighting Design: Todd Mion and Lisa MionDancers: Heinz Adjakwah, Miguel Alcantara, Jamal Black, Valerie Branch,Helen Marie Carruthers, Nicole Daniell, Julie DeGregorio, Daniel chose Vivaldi’sFour Seasons as he wanted to make space for beauty.There is so much ugliness and sorrow in our world today, from our current administrationto the wars raging around the world, so he hopes this dance gives people a moment of respiteand peace. He has always been drawn to the drama and the lushness in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons,and it was rejuvenating for him and the dancers to choreograph a dance that celebrates thecycle of life in all its aspects.

"Kanna Nee Thoongada" (from the movie "Baahubali 2")Choreographer: Rachel PremLyricist: Madan Karky / Singer: Nayana Nair / Music Director: MaragadamaniLighting Design: Lisa MionDancer: Rachel PremThis song is a lullaby for the Lord Krishna, sung by one of his admirers. She jokingly tells him to stoptaunting the gopikas with his tricks and rest, for he has to lift the weight of the mountains in the morning.

“Lyric Suite” (1953)Choreographer: Anna Sokolow; Restaged by: Lorry May (2019)Costume Design: Judy HansenMusic: Alban BergLighting Design: Todd Mion and Lisa Mion Dancers: Heinz Adjakwah, Helen Marie Carruthers, Nicole Daniell, Julie DeGregorio, Jamal Black, Miguel Alcantara, Valerie Branch,.

Acknowledgements: The Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company performs at JOMBA! 2019 with kind support from theUS Consulate in Durban (South Africa). As part of their trip to Durban and JOMBA! They will be doing afull week of workshops with various communities in the eThekwini region.

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JOMBA! ON THE EDGE

“JOMBA! ON THE EDGE” is a platform that seeks to support fresh innovative contemporary dance work comingout of the KZN region. Choreographers and companies are selected each year due to new work made either on theprevious year’s JOMBA! Fringe or at other regional performance spaces. Work that has potential forgrowth, via our JOMBA! platform, are given support via a performance grant and possibleinterface with a mentor and a lighting designer depending on the needs of the choreographer.

• “NINA WABANTU”Choreographer: Thulisile Binda in collaboration with the cast membersDancers: Thulisile Binda, Promise Magopa, Kwazi Madlala, Jabulani MtshweniMentor: Luyanda SidiyaMusic Director/Composer: Xolisile Bongwana

“A mother; born first, lives, succeeds and fails through what she expected her life to be, what shelived her life to be, what she dreamt her life to be. In her daughter she sees a second chance, a secondattempt to rectify all wrongs and a war plan where she will be the victor over all her battles. However, thedaughter is not a docile body - she has her own autonomy, her life and her vision. She constantlyand persistently refers to her mother and stands tall on the foundation her mother built. Should adaughter's life be a replication and repetition of a mother's life? “

Thulisile Binda is an accomplished dancer, upcoming choreographer and Assistant Rehearsal Director atLuthando Art Academy. She is from KZN, Newcastle now based in Johannesburg. she began her journeyas a dancer in 2012, when she joined the Flatfoot Dance Company in Durban, doing her training.She later moved to Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre to further her training. Her professionalcareer began in 2015 as she worked with numerous Choreographers and Directors,Nationally and Internationally; Jay Pather, Lliane Loots, Janni Younge, Bheki Mkhwane,Gregory Maqoma, Lulu Mlangeni, James Ngcobo, Luyanda Sidiya and Helge Letonja, to mention a few.

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• “On the Margin I …” Choreography by Sizwe Hlophe in collaboration with Mzamo KuneneCostume: Derrick MhlongoDesign: Sizwe Hlophe and Mzamo Kunene

The dance work follows the journey of two men trying to find meaning on thefringes of society. When people recognise the other as not being able to fit in because of beliefs,status, class, gender and race, they are considered strange or extreme. In this dance work wefollow two black men faced with the chaos of society and we journey into looking at howthis alienation allows these ‘misfits’ to negotiate interacting with each other.

Sizwe Hlophe, though currently based in Johannesburg, is from Port Shepstone and Empendle.He is currently reading for his MA: Theater and Performance at the University of the Witwatersrand.He completed his BA (Hons) in Drama & Performance Studies in 2018 and completed his BA in Psychology,and Drama & Performance Studies in 2017 (both degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal).In 2014 he joined Jay Pather’s Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre dance training program.In his Dance career he has also worked with Musa Hlatswayo,Mlondolozi Zondi, Mandisa Haarhof, JC Zondi and Zenzelisphesihle ‘Sparky’ Xulu.

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UKZN MELLON FOUNDATION ARTIST IN RESIDENCEFANA TSHABALALAThe University of KwaZulu-Natal is very proud to be partnering with theAndrew Mellon Foundation over a two-year process in which the university playshost to various prominent invited South African and African artists in an interfacebetween arts academia and the desire to grow and support practice led disciplines.Fana Tshabala, funded by Mellon, joins UKZN’s Drama and PerformanceStudies Programme (the dance stream) for a three-month residency to offerspecialised classes and masterclasses. His residency is also shared withthe Centre for Creative Arts’s JOMBA! festival as he showcases his ownwork and a unique premiere of a collaboration with Durban’s FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY.

Fana Tshabalala, based in Gauteng, was the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist recipient for Dance,and in 2018 was awarded the “Black Excellence Award” in Chicago Illinois (USA).Fana has been choreographing and performing his work locally and internationally,and one of his work titled “Between” was part of Dance Dialogue Africa andwent on to toured Germany and later on toured the African continentreaching 12 countries and 14 cities.In early 2015 he worked with Nanziwe Mzuzu a writer from Cape Townon a TV documentary commissioned by ETV.The documentary was inspired by his latest solo titled “Man”. Amongst other things, he also has worked with children from KliptownYouth Program on two dance movies which were runners up for a shortfilm competition in Paris. Fana Tshabalala is currently a co-founder andone of director for Broken Borders Art Project.

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FANA TSHABALALAwith FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY• “MAN”Choreographed and danced by Fana TshabalalaMusic composer/musician: Thulani Chauke and Fana TshabalalaCostume: Fana TshabalalaLighting and set designer: Alexandra and Mandla MtshaliThe work is inspired by the ideal kind of a “Man“within the society and howthe roles and responsibilities has changed throughout years, leaving manin a state of bewilderment. A “Man” in a society is expected to be brave andindustrious and if this not archived most ‘Men’ end up losing their image and ego.But a new type of “Man” is emerging - gentle, sensitive, caring, a“Man“ not afraid of giving vent to his feelings.

•“amaVendors”Choreographer and director: Fana TshabalalaCollaborators and dancers: Jabu Siphika, Sifiso Khumalo, Zinhle Nzama,Sbonga Ndlovu, Ndumiso Dube, Siseko Duba, & Mthoko Mkhwanazi

"... just want to make enough so that we don’t sleep on an empty stomach..."by various street vendors!

The work explores the journey of women and men who wake up every day to sell in the streets to provide for themselves and the loved ones; they choose not to sit at home and hope for better without doing anything. In most cases those street vendors tend to be very close to the passer buys and people also tend to be very open to them share their daily problems and success, they don’t just become entrepreneurs but they also become the pillars of the society.

About FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANYFLATFOOT began as a contemporary dance training programme by Lliane Loots in 1994 in an attempt to challenge the historical lack of spaces to train specifically young contemporary dancers in Durban (KZN). In 2003 it became a professional dance company and began its now 16-year meteoric life to become one of South Africa’s leading contemporary dance companies. FLATFOOT has an international reputation for itsinnovative dance education and community engagement programmes (run in both rural and urban KZN) where they fosters an understanding in dance as a tool for self-development and living democracy.

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VINCENT SEKWATI MANTSOE(South Africa/France)“SoliiDaD, an abstract journey to oblivion”Created and interpreted By Vincent Sekwati MantsoeMusic: Armand Amar, Grupo Oba-llu, Petros Loukas Xalkias & Buddhist Monk Chant Loneliness remains the only true companion! An abstract journey of a traveler: A quest to an Emperor’s elegant path to oblivion, behold! the Birds taking flight,Lions prey, howling dogs in the distance, winds, and dust raises to a silent storm.A slavish imitation of a great monk’s journey, conversing the narratives on the pathto a roaring, hissing torrent of oblivion.Naked trees stripped by roaring sheets of hail, march on!!Foot Forward…….A permanent attitude behind changing expressions in thought and action, precious veils being saturated with one foot forward to uncertain note, true in aim, sentiment and sacred conscientious, behold the inevitable and unvarying oblivion. March; breath; listen; see; speak to the patient waves of murmuring heat, sweat stinging eyes, stumbling foot forward, we never been to this path before, yet it seemed strangely familiar, Soliidad!!

“A Good traveller has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving”LAO TZU

Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe is considered to be one of the founding fathers of South African contemporary dance and now spends his time between France and South Arica teaching, choreographing and doing masterclasses. He performed at the first JOMBA! Festival in 1998 and it is with delight that on JOMBA!’s 21st anniversary we host the world premiere of his latest solo.

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“The Encounter”Choreography by Lulu MlangeniDancers: Lulu Mlangeni and Bafikile SedibeLanguage Advisor: Gladys AgulhasDramaturge: Andile NebulaneSound Design: Bonginkosi MothaLighting & Set Design: Oliver HauserCostume Design: Mapule SesedinyaneWhile we were born as individuals we should thrive together as a unit.Once we question the power of a unit it disintegrates and exposeshumankind as separate pockets ... some wallow in strength some shudderin weakness. “The Encounter” is a dance duet which explores timelessnessof human spiritual ambivalence.

Lulu Mlangeni is the award winner for the most outstanding female dancer2007 in contemporary style for the Dance Umbrella Festival. In 2011 she wascommissioned by the Dance Umbrella Festival and choreographed‘Questioned Mark’ that premiered at the Wits Downstairs Theatre. She is the 2010 winner of reality TV show So You Think You Can DanceSeason 2 South Africa and choreographed Season 3 for the show.In 2014 she became the first recipient of the Sophie Mgcina Best EmergingVoice award supported by the Market Theatre.She is fast becoming one of South African rising dance voices!

LULU MLANGENI(South Africa)

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The JOMBA! YOUTH FRINGEOpen Air Theatre (UKZN – Howard College Campus) Sunday 1 September (14h00)Entrance Free!

The Youth Fringe, fast becoming the hit of every festival for the sheer vitality and energy of the performances, is a showground for young dancers under 16. This year will feature works by many of Durban’s dance development programmes showing off the incredible dance training being given. This year features no less than 13 groups of young KZN dancers.

• SFT Happy Feet (Lesedi Moropane) St. Francis College (Marianhill)• Martizburg College and St. John’s DSG (Bonwa Mbontsi) (Pietermaritzburg)• Reddam House Umhlanga Dance Ensemble (Quinton Ribbonaar (DBN/Umhlanga)• Super Troopers (Bonwa Mbontsi) Slanhspruit Primary School (Pietermaritzburg)• YOUTH IGNITE! (Nontobeko Mbatha Nazo and Nkosinathi Nazo) KwaPata Township (Pietermaritzburg)• KwaMashu School of Dance (Vusi Makanya) – Quarry Heights (x2 dance works presented!)• Umtapho (Thandeka Maqebula) Lindelani Township• Love, Time and Death (Philile Nkikija) - KwaMashu• Siyakhula Dance Project (Flatfoot Dance Company) Sifiso Khumalo (KwaMahsu)• Project Hheshe Nsizwa (Flatfoot Dance Company) Jabu Siphika and Zinhle Nzama (Umlazi)• Project Dudlu Ntombi (Flatfoot Dance Company) Choreographer: Zinhle Nzama and Jabu Siphika (Umlazi)• Waterloo Dance Programme (Flatfoot Dance Company) Jabu Siphika and Zinhle Nzama(Waterloo)

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THE JOMBA! FRINGEWednesday 4 September @ 19h30 - Elizabeth Sneddon TheatreThis open performance platform provides anopportunity for primarily Durban and KZN basedchoreographers (some new to choreography andsome professional dancers) to present their work in aprofessional environment with the support of a fulltechnical team. This is one of the ways in which theJOMBA! festival offers assistance in developingdance and choreographic talent by offering openprofessional performance spaces. Selection ofparticipants is done by a panel of experts via thescrutiny of entry forms.

For 2019 we are delighted to be offering a rich and varied programmefeaturing the following nine choreographers;

• Lethiwe Mzimela (Durban)• Carla Mostert (Durban)• JC Zondi (Thembelani (PMB)• Nkanyiso Mazibuko (Durban)• Vuyo Sabelo Ndawonde (PMB)• David April with students of the University of Pretoria (Pretoria)• Sbonelo Mchunu (Durban/KwaMashu)• Yaseen Manuel (Cape Town)• Jabu Siphika (Durban/KwaMashu)

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JOMBA! DANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:Unless stated, all workshops will be held in the Dance Studio on the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus)PLEASE NOTE: These workshops are offered free of charge to participants, but booking is essential as places are limited. The workshops are only open to dancers 16yrs and older (unless otherwise specified)- E-mail (jombafestival@gmail.com) to book a place; at least 2 days in advance of the workshop

·28 August (Wednesday): Workshop facilitators: Sifiso Kweyama and the JAZZART dancersa. 4 – 5.40pm: (KwaMashu Sports Hall) - youth dance workshop (ages 8 upwards welcome!)b.4.30 – 6pm: (UKZN Dance Studio) Jazzart Dance Theatre will offer an African contemporary dance experience. All levels welcome - over 16yrs only.

·29 August (Thursday): 9am to 1pm (Playhouse - Studio 410)Workshop facilitator: Sifiso Kweyama (JAZZART Dance Theatre)This 4hr intensive masterclass is for semi-professional/professional dancers only and is a rare opportunity to engage the training style of JAZART.

·31 August (Saturday): 10am – 12noonWorkshop facilitator: Fana Tshabalala (UKZN Dance Studio)An exploration of a growing style that accesses ritual and contemporary dance technique. All levels welcome - over 16yrs only.

·1 September (Sunday): 10am to 12noonWorkshop facilitator: Leslie Scott (New Orleans – USA) (UKZN Dance Studio)Dancers will investigate the articulation of the arms, legs, and torso in order to integrate the whole body in motion. All levels welcome - over 16yrs only.

·5 September (Thursday): 4.30 – 6.30pmWorkshop facilitator: Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Dance Company (Washington – USA) (UKZN Dance Studio)Gain an understanding of this companies signature hybrid work (traditional Bharatanatyam and Contemporary dance technique) All levelswelcome - over 16yrs only.

· 6 September (Friday): 4.30 – 6.30pmWorkshop facilitator: Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe (UKZN Dance Studio)A physically intense workshop that explore the lexicon of dance styles and techniques that make up Mantsoe’s signature style,Not for beginners – over 16yrs only.

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JOMBA! Dance Writing ResidencyFacilitated by Clare Craighead2019 marks the 8th year of the JOMBA! Dance Writing Residency programme.This programme, run in conjunction with the Drama and PerformanceStudies Programme and its Honours, MA level dance students, mentors’young dancers/choreographers/academics through a process of reviewwriting for dance. Students (past and present) who participate in theresidency will experience the rigours of review writing, which will lead topublication on the JOMBA! Khuluma blog. True to the on-going vision ofJOMBA! this writing residency operates to support the growth of dancein South Africa, and KZN.

Facilitator Clare Craighead has an MA in dance studies from UKZN and haspublished widely on dance and South African performance art.She currently lectures in the Drama Studies Programme at theDurban University of Technology.

https://medium.com/jomba-khuluma-blog

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For JOMBA!:Artistic Director: Lliane LootsProduction/Technical Manager: Wesley MaherryLighting: Tina le RouxSound: Megan LevyStage Manager: Lisa GoldstoneAssistant Stage Manager: Trevor Kubheka and Bongamusa MasondoPublicity: Versfeld and AssociatesFestival Photographer: Val AdamsonPoster and Brochure Design/Artwork: Mpumelelo NgwaziJOMBA! FRINGE and YOUTH FRINGE Coordination: Clare Craighead and Flatfoot Dance CompanyJOMBA! Guest Relations: Nomfundo XoloUSA/JOMBA! Liaison: Thobile Maphanga

For the Centre for Creative Arts:Dr. Lliane Loots, Chipo Zhou, Menzi Mhlongo, Nosipho Makhathini, Siphindile Hlongwa, Vulane Mthembu,Yenziwe Ndaba and Sakhile Gumede, Nonkulelo Magwaza, Gina Zuma, Thandeka Ngcobo, Nzuzo Ngubane,Mbuso Kunene and Mpumelelo Ngwazi

For the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre:Theatre Director: Jackie CunniffeProduction Managers: Wesley Maherry and Tina le RouxSenior Administrative Officer: Sharmla NaidooFront of House and Bar Manager: Mangaliso Bhengu

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