PEOPLE living with disabilities are normally left out in the cold when it comes to the entertainment, but this year's annual Jomba Contemporary Dance Experience is giving them centre stage.
This year's edition, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the dance experience, will focus on dance and disability at the Unmute Theatre in Cape Town and Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) from 29 August to 10 September.
This year’s focus features dancers, choreographers and dance companies who are globally shifting around disability.
Choreographer Joseph Tebandeke from Uganda, said he will choreograph beyond literal dancers to create a movement that will re-label disability in his work, titled Time Machine: Unveiling the Inner Strength.
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“Time Machine comes out of me asking myself what powers I possess from my crutches. This exploration centres on the profound connection between my body and crutches (my ‘Time Machine’), as well as how the world perceives them.
“The ultimate goal of this piece is to discover and celebrate the inherited body language within us and our unique body formation within society,” he said.
His work delves into a complicated relationship between the human body and the objects we rely on for comfort.
Time Machine: Unveiling the Inner Strength will be staged at Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on Thursday, 31 August.
The 25th anniversary festival includes the Youth Open Horizons, JOMBA! On The Edge, after performance talks and the Forging Futures dialogue, a conversation that opens dancing borders for local artists with the Netherlands.
