Ngenhla: URobert Ssempijja ukhombisa i-”Alienation” enkundleni yeJOMBA “African Crossings”

UKUXHAMANISA IMIPHAMBANO KU-JOMBA 2021

NguLebogang Tswelapele Chauke (Ukuhunyushwa ngu: Lisa Goldstone)

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Uzizwa ufudukela kumculo kodwa isikhala sincane kakhulu? Kulungile, hlala ubeke ingqondo yakho iye endaweni yokunyakaza nokudansa. ICovid-19 inemisebenzi elinganiselwe, kepha sonke siyazi ukuthi akukho okungenzeki ngezinto ezisunguliwe, ngakho-ke zicabange ukuthi niyakwazi ukutholakala kusukela ngomhla ka-24 Agasti kuya ku-5 Septhemba nge-23 JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience eseyatholakala ngamadijithi.

Lo mkhosi ngulowo owawungazi ukuthi wawudinga uze ungene kuwo, ezandleni zakho, mahhala uma ubhalisela isiteshi se-JOMBA YouTube ku-https: //www.youtube.com/Jomba_Dance. Imidanso emikhulu yenzeka njalo ebusuku ngo-7 ebusuku ngezinsuku ezihleliwe futhi okungcono kakhulu ukuthi ngemuva kokuvulwa, isatholakala emahoreni angama-72 alandelayo uma ungathanda ukuyiphinda.

I-JOMBA ilethwa kuwe yiCentre for Creative Arts yase-UKZN ngenhloso yayo yokuqinisa ubudlelwano nokusebenzisana phakathi kwabadansi baseNingizimu Afrika, base-Afrika kanye nabamazwe aphesheya nezinkampani ezindaweni zobuciko. Ngombono othi “Crossing Borders” (“Ukuwela Emngceleni”) , lo mkhosi uhlose ukunika abadansi asebeke bahlanganyela nalo mbono ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene.

Umkhosi uvulwa ngo “Legacy Artist” walo nyaka, uJay Pather, uMfundisi kanye nomqondisi we-Institute for Creative Arts e-University of Cape Town. Ukuncoma iphakethe elihlanganisiwe leminye yemisebenzi yakhe edluliselwe isikrini, kuzoba yiVal Adamson yaseThekwini, ngombukiso wakhe wedijithali onezithombe ezingaphezu kwekhulu zomsebenzi kaPather weSiwela Sonke Dance Company.

“I-European and American Crossings” iphenya imibono yobandlululo, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe, nobuntu okungabonakala emisebenzini okuthandwa yiLimón Dance Company yaseNew York; i-ACE Music and Dance ese-Birmingham kanye ne-Germany, u-Hannah Ma. Ingxenyekazi ye- “Indian Crossings”, I m / Material, inikezwa ngokubambisana neThe Pickle Factory Dance Foundation futhi ilandele imibono yezingokomoya, inkolo nobufazi.

Ingxenyekazi ethi “South African Crossings” ibamba amakhomishini aseDurban Digital Edge, iGarage Dance Ensemble kanye ne-Andrew Mellon Foundation “Artist in Residence” yalo nyaka, uYaseen Manuel, osenze amafilimu amabili amasha omdanso okubalwa ukusebenzisana neFlatfoot Dance Company. Ipulatifomu “ye-African Crossings” yethula, phakathi kokunye, umsebenzi othunyelwe nguRobert Ssempijja (owine umklomelo we-2020 Digital JOMBA ‘Pick of the Fringe’) ovela e-Uganda ohlola izindaba zobunikazi base-Afrika kanye nemiphumela yobukoloniyali.

Lo mkhosi uphinde unikeze izinkulumo nezingxoxo eziningi nabenzi bomdanso kanye nezikhathi ezithile ezihlobene nomkhakha okuhloswe ngazo ukuxhasa ochwepheshe kanye nolwazi oluhlobene nokumaketha, amalungelo obunikazi namathiphu obuchwepheshe.

I-JOMBA 2021 yeCCA iqala ngomhla ka-24 Agasti kuya ku-5 Septhemba futhi ingatholwa mahhala ngewebhusayithi ethi www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za noma ubhalisele isiteshi se-JOMBA YouTube lapha:

https://www.YouTube.com/Jomba_Dance

Uhlelo olugcwele luyatholakala ngewebhusayithi.

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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience
JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience is a Durban-based festival that celebrates critical contemporary dance from Africa and across the globe

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