JOMBA! KUCISHE KUVULWE
nguLangi Ramashia (ukuhunyushwa nguLisa Goldstone)
Lenguqulo yalo nyaka yethulwa ngendlela yamapulatifomu ayisikhombisa agxile ekusakazweni okuhlukahlukene kwe-JOMBA! umphakathi.
Ipulatifomu yokuqala enesihloko esithi JOMBA! LEGACY inikeza umsebenzi wochwepheshe bamazwe ayi sishiyagalolunye kulokho okungabizwa ngokuthi umgubo “weminyaka ewu-21 weJOMBA!” Ukusuka eMelika sixhunyaniswa kabusha ngokuthandwa kwenkampani eseChicago “Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre” kwaLeslie Scott waseNew Orleans kanye ne “BODYART Dance Company”. Ngaphakathi kokuphuma kwe-Afrika, sithola uGregory Maqoma waseNingizimu Afrika (uVuyani Dance Theatre) kanye noMusa Hlatshwayo (Mhayise Productions), owedlule enikeza umsebenzi okhokhela uCredo Mutwa ongaseko. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaqembu kaRobyn Orlin waseBerlin/waseGoli usebenza ngokubambisana ne-Moving Into Dance Mophatong kwesimemezelo esithi “Beauty Remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position...”. Kuhlanganiswa futhi noGermaine Acogny yaseSenegal kanye no-Adedayo Liadi waseNigeria kanye ne-Ijodee Dance Company ngokubambisana neFlatfoot Dance Company yaseThekwini. Ukusuka eNdiya, u-Anita Ratnam unikeza kabusha imibiko enesibindi yabesifazane abangamaHindu, futhi okokugcina Introdans eNetherlands ngesitayela sabo esisezingeni eliphezulu baletha i-JOMBA! LEGACY ukuvala.
Nge “Intimacies of Isolation” njengesihloko sokuqala, ipulatifomu yesibili, i-JOMBA DIGITAL EDGE kukhombisa ngemisebenzi yabasiki bengoma abayisishiyagalolunye bomdanso baseKZN, iningi labo lisebenza ngokokuqala ngqa. Lezi zingcezu zomdanso zizobe zivele ukubonakala kwazo ngobusuku bokuvula komkhosi futhi zizotholakala ekusakazweni kuwo wonke umcimbi.
DANCE ON SCREEN (USA) kuyingxenye yesithathu futhi kunamafilimu wokudansa ayishumi enziwe encazelweni yehora lonke yamava aseMelika ahlukene, kugxilwe kakhulu kwizethulo ezahlukahlukene.
Ipulatifomu yesine, I-DIGITAL JOMBA! FRINGE nakanjani ijabulisa ngenhlanganisela yayo ebanzi yokulethwa. Kuzobhekwa imisebenzi eyisishiyagalombili (ekhethiwe kusuka kokulethwa kweziyishumi nesishiyagalombili) kule nkundla, ngemuva kwalokho kuzomenyezelwa abemukeli abathathu abaphambili be-“Pick-of-the-Fringe”.
Amaseshini wangoMgqibelo nangeSonto azothathelwa izingxoxo zasesiteji sesihlanu I-DANCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE noVincent Mantsoe, uJürg Koch, uThemba Mbuli no-Ondeige Mathew, njengoba bekhipha izinqubo zabo zokuvala indawo.
Ipulatifomu yesithupha yakhiwa iJOMBA! KHULUMA BLOG ne-KHULUMA D!G!TAL EDITION. Lesi sigcawu sibonisa ukubuka kuqala, ukubuyekezwa kanye nezingxoxo zabahlanganyeli a avela kule ndawo yokubhala umdanso wokuvala umdanso, kulo nyaka kubandakanya nababambiqhaza abavela eThekwini, eGoli, eMelika nase UK.
Ipulatifomu yokugcina 21 YEARS OF JOMBA! THROUGH THE LENS inikeza umbono omncane kokunye okubalulekile kwesithombeni somthwebuli zithombe uVal Adamson weminyaka engama-21 ethwebula lo mkhosi.
I-DIGITAL JOMBA CONTEMPORARY DANCE EXPERIENCE singatholagala nge-JOMBA! Iwebhusayithi https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za futhi imahala ngokuphelele.
