Three strikingly insightful and beautifully crafted dance works are to b e presented by Rerouting Arts in partnership with the 24th JOMBA! Contempor ary Dance at the Old Mushroom Farm on Saturday, 17 September at 6pm
T hese specially commissioned works are from the festival’s JOMBA! EDGE platf orm created by Sandile Mkhize (Durban), Tegan Peacock (Hilton) and Pavishen Paideya (Durban). The three choreographers and dancers were given grants t o make work that spoke to the festival’s theme of the “(im)possibility of h ome”.
The works premiered to much critical acclaim at JOMBA! which is presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Nat al, last week.
Performance artist, creator and founder of Rerouting A rts, a collaborative arts organisation, Tegan Peacock who was instrumental in bringing the programme to the midlands says, “We are thrilled to have th e opportunity to partner with JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience on this programme. After a long two years for the arts world, we are excited to beg in to reclaim our space and reimagine our connections to art, through artis ts, audiences, people and communities.”
“These dance-makers showed in credible strength and resilience during the COVID shutdown by continuing to make new works,” says JOMBA!’s Artistic Director Lliane Loots. “Their work speaks for itself but what does present itself is deep introspection into being and belonging – something we all had to grapple with during the pande mic.”
Co-founder and Artistic Director of Phakama Dance Theatre Sandi le Mkhize presents TAKE ME BACK HOME, a duet that begins to rethink notions of black masculinity and brotherhood.
Accomplished dancer and choreo grapher and artistic director of Rudra Dance Theatre, an Indian dance compa ny, Pavishen Paideya presents SAMSARA - an honest and culturally magnificen t dance journey into Diaspora Indian South African identity and ideas of ho me and belonging.
Tegan Peacock presents HEAD_SPACE, a collaborative work, that attempts to trace the internal conversations of the body and min d in turmoil.
Dinner will be available for purchase at The Spot Bistr o at The Old Mushroom Farm or come and enjoy a drink on the lawn before the show, BYOB and glasses.
Tickets for performance are R80 and can be b ooked through https://bit.ly/BookJombaReroutingHowick.
For more information go to the website www.reroutingarts.co.za
Three strikingly insightful and beautifully crafted dance works are to b e presented by Rerouting Arts in partnership with the 24th JOMBA! Contempor ary Dance at the Old Mushroom Farm on Saturday, 17 September at 6pm
T hese specially commissioned works are from the festival’s JOMBA! EDGE platf orm created by Sandile Mkhize (Durban), Tegan Peacock (Hilton) and Pavishen Paideya (Durban). The three choreographers and dancers were given grants t o make work that spoke to the festival’s theme of the “(im)possibility of h ome”.
The works premiered to much critical acclaim at JOMBA! which is presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Nat al, last week.
Performance artist, creator and founder of Rerouting A rts, a collaborative arts organisation, Tegan Peacock who was instrumental in bringing the programme to the midlands says, “We are thrilled to have th e opportunity to partner with JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience on this programme. After a long two years for the arts world, we are excited to beg in to reclaim our space and reimagine our connections to art, through artis ts, audiences, people and communities.”
“These dance-makers showed in credible strength and resilience during the COVID shutdown by continuing to make new works,” says JOMBA!’s Artistic Director Lliane Loots. “Their work speaks for itself but what does present itself is deep introspection into being and belonging – something we all had to grapple with during the pande mic.”
Co-founder and Artistic Director of Phakama Dance Theatre Sandi le Mkhize presents TAKE ME BACK HOME, a duet that begins to rethink notions of black masculinity and brotherhood.
Accomplished dancer and choreo grapher and artistic director of Rudra Dance Theatre, an Indian dance compa ny, Pavishen Paideya presents SAMSARA - an honest and culturally magnificen t dance journey into Diaspora Indian South African identity and ideas of ho me and belonging.
Tegan Peacock presents HEAD_SPACE, a collaborative work, that attempts to trace the internal conversations of the body and min d in turmoil.
Dinner will be available for purchase at The Spot Bistr o at The Old Mushroom Farm or come and enjoy a drink on the lawn before the show, BYOB and glasses.
Tickets for performance are R80 and can be b ooked through https://bit.ly/BookJombaReroutingHowick.
For more information go to the website www.reroutingarts.co.za