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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience The JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience is the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s arts gateway to Africa and the world. It is one of Africa’s benchmark dance festivals. The annual festival is presented by The Centre for Creative Arts under the direction of Dr Lliane Loots. In 2021, it was presented digitally from 24 August to 5 September. JOMBA! fiercely holds on to its status as one of the few remaining dedicated spaces in South Africa where dance and choreography remain nurtured and supported. The festival’s vision continues to be to offer world-class dance theatre that challenges audiences out of passive lethargic viewership, asking them to enjoy the myriad festival offerings (performances, workshops, and classes) with the intention to be shocked, surprised, entertained and, above all, to celebrate a critical art form. In the following, we will present five artists who were featured in this year’s edition.
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