2023 marks the 25th edition of the Centre for Creative Arts’s JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience and the festival is opening its doors to both live and on-line events in a unique blended festival format. Practically exciting is the opening of submissions for the two public access platforms for 2023; the JOMBA! Open Horizons (formerly the JOMBA! FRINGE) and the JOMBA! Youth Open Horizons (formerly the JOMBA! YOUTH FRINGE)
The JOMBA! Open Horizons will continue on as a digital event in 2023 and provides an opportunity for dance makers to present their digital/dance film work for showcasing under the auspices of the JOMBA! festival. Focus is being placed on looking at the intersection of dance and film and the growing body of digital dance choreographers. Submitted works are adjudicated by a JOMBA! Jury and the top 6 to 8 are selected for screening at JOMBA! JOMBA! is opening submissions in both long and short form.
The winners will be screened, followed by the announcement of the top 3 in both the long and short form categories, which comes with cash prizes:1st: R3000, 2nd: R2000, 3rd: R1000. Submissions are due by Friday 30 June (5pm) and online submission forms can be found https://forms.office.com/r/KhHYF2jKsg
The JOMBA! Youth Open Horizon will be offered as an alive event at JOMBA! and submission to participate is open to any dance group – with any style of dance – with dancers under the age of 16yrs, We are open door to pantsula, hop-hop, Bharatha Natyam, ballet, Contemporary, Ngoma etc.This is a day of celebrating youth dance in KZN and of opening arms to a dancing community. JOMBA! will supply a small lunch snack to all dancers participating. Application forms can be sent via the online portal
Deadline for applications: Friday 30 June (5pm)
For queries email [email protected]
JOMBA! runs from 29 August to 10 September 2023