UJOMBA UYA KOKUCABANGELA NGOKWENZEKA EWELA IMINGQELE ESIKHUNDLWENI SEDIGITALI
NguThembelani Bhengu Kuhunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone
Kungumkhosi wama-23 we-JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience. IJOMBA kuzoba ngumkhosi ovuseleleka mahhala ku-inthanethi ngenxa yobhadane oluqhubekayo. I-JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience yama-23 yethulwa yiCentre for Creative Arts e-University of KwaZulu — Natal eThekwini.
I-JOMBA yalo nyaka yethula imibono ye- “Boarder Crossing”, kanti lolu hlelo lunamapulatifomu ayishumi nanye aqhubeka ngaphezu kwamasonto amabili kusukela ngomhla ka-24 Agasti — 5 Septhemba 2021. Yonke imidanso izokhonjiswa ebusuku ngo-19: 00 (CAT).
Ovula i-23th JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience yalo nyaka nguSolwazi Jay Pather oqokwe njengo “Legacy Artist” womkhosi walo nyaka. UPather wethula uhlelo oluthi Undertow olubonisa izingxenye zomsebenzi wakhe neSiwela Sonke Dance Theatre kusukela ngawo-1990 kuze kube namuhla. Umsebenzi uzokhombisa kokubili ifa, kodwa futhi nezincazelo eziphikisanayo ezihlobene “nefa” ngokusikwa ngokucophelela kukaPather okukhombisa okwedlule esikhathini samanje.
Through the Lens kufaka umsebenzi womklomelo ongumhlali waseJOMBA othatha isithombe uVal Adamson. Kulo mbukiso we-inthanethi, iqoqo lezithombe eziyi-100 ezibonisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwezithombe zomdanso ezishukumisayo neziphilayo zomdanso zika-Adamson nomdanso kaPather kuzoba khona.
“ISouth African Crossings” inikela ngezinhlelo ezintathu zomdanso ezibandakanya i-Garage Dance Ensemble (O’okiep, South Africa), umdansi nomenzi womdanso waseKapa uYaseen Manuel ngokubambisana neFlatfoot Dance Company yaseThekwini nemisebenzi emibili ekhonjiswa yiVrystaat Kunste Vees kanye New Dance by Sizakhele Mdi and Sylvester Tamsanqa Majela.
Abenzi bomdanso base-Afrika abane bakhombisa amafilimu omdanso njengengxenye yesikhulumi se- “African Crossings”. UMarcel Gbeffa, uGaby Saranouffi, uRobert Ssempijja noBernardo ‘Pak’ Guiamba babelana ngenkundla ekhuluma ngokuhlukahluka kokuhlangenwe nakho kwase-Afrika emhlabeni wanamuhla.
“Europe kanye America Crossings” kufaka i-Limon Dance Company (evela eNew York) ne-ACE Music and Dance (evela e-UK, eBirmingham) nekhwalithi yabo yeFlamenco, Kathak, Martial Arts kanye nesitayela se-Afro-fusion esingathandeki se-ACE. Kufakwe neHannahma Dance Company evela “eJalimane”, eCullberg yaseSweden nase-Aïda Colmenero Dïaz waseSpain.
I-“Indian Crossings” yethulwa yi-Pickle Factory Foundation futhi inikela ngamafilimu wokudansa akhethiwe abenziwa abadansi baseNdiya akhombisa ubunikazi bamaNdiya, umlando namasiko. Abagcini be-Vikram Iyengar neKunal Chakraborty babize le midanso ngokuthi I m / Material.
I-“JOMBA Durban Digital Edge” yipulatifomu ethunyelwe lapho kuzobe kunabenzi bomdanso abayisithupha abaqhamuka eThekwini abaqala ukwenza amagagasi endaweni yomdanso wendawo. USabelo Cele, uSinethemba Khuzwayo, uCameron S. Govender, u-Aphelele Nyawose, uThobile Maphanga noNqubeko Ngema bonke bashiyelana inkundla kulo nyaka, futhi ngamunye wabo wenze umsebenzi ophendula ukucasulwa komkhosi “ukunqamula imingcele”.
I-“JOMBA Conversations That Cross Boarders” izoba nezingxoxo ezine ezibukhoma noMqondisi Wezobuciko uDr Lliane Loots engxoxweni noJay Pather, u-Alfred Hinkel (waseNingizimu Afrika), uHannah Ma (waseGermany), kanye noVikram Iyengar noKunal Chakraborty (waseNdiya) wePickle Factory Dance Foundation.
I-“Forging Alliances” wuhlelo lokwesekwa embonini oluhlelwe nguThobile Maphanga, luhlose ukunikeza abenzi bomdanso imininingwane ethile embonini futhi kufaka nephaneli ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Ama-“JOMBA Open Horizons” 2021, amapulatifomu anika ithuba abenzi bomdanso ukwethula umsebenzi wabo wamafilimu wokudansa. Abahluleli uDavid April, uTracey Saunders, uClare Craighead noShanelle Jewnarain bahlolisise izethulo ezingamashumi amathathu ezivela e-Afrika yonkana, kulo mkhosi kuzohlungwa ukukhethwa kwalokhu.
