JOMBA! and Rerouting Arts are back in the Midlands on Saturday, 7 Septem ber at 14:30
Once again local Midlands audiences are invited to come and experience a one time performance from international and local dance ar tists, right here on our doorstep. Presented by Rerouting Arts in partnersh ip with UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts and JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Exper ience, Close by … / La rue d’à-côté … will be showcased at the Platform Gal lery in Lions River on Saturday 7 September at 14:30.
Founded in 1994 in Marseille, France, Ex Nihilo works with the clear intention of moving d ance beyond rehearsal studios and stages to ‘break down walls’ and engage w ith the public, transforming public spaces into sites for research, creatio n and performance. Ex Nihilo work outdoor which involves exploring space th rough bodies, constantly renewing each spatial experience. This gives rise to a direct interaction with the ‘viewer’ outside conventional settings and without formal invitation - whether passers-by, residents, or audience. He re lies the birth of movement and choreography.
Ex Nihilo has a long history with Durban and the JOMBA! festival, and return for this years’ 26t h edition in a much-anticipated encounter with Durban’s FLATFOOT DANCE COMP ANY. Anne Le Batard and Jean-Antoine Bigot will collaborate and guide the s ix resident FLATFOOT dancers in a series of site specific and site responsi ve encounters in and around Durban, and Hilton (as part the JOMBA! and Rero uting Arts partnership).
In a choice made to perform ‘close by’ to mo re formal theatre and performance art spaces at this years’ JOMBA!, Ex Nihi lo and FLATFOOT, encounter the outside pathways and ways of being that emer ge from immersive research that looks at how space is explored by the body. Often quirky, always daring, and continuously mesmerising, this dance work is an engagement with both the everyday and the extraordinary.
Tegan Peacock, founder of Rerouting Arts, says, “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience to present internati onally recognised dance artists to our local Midlands audiences in unexpect ed and exciting venues. Presenting this site-specific work at The Platform Gallery is a new offering and I can’t wait to see the response in experienc ing dance performance in a new and profound way.”
“This quirky site s pecific collaborative work is a very accessible piece of contemporary dance , that we hope will delight, and entertain, and most importantly create dia logue amongst the audiences that experience it.,” says JOMBA! curator Dr Ll iane Loots. “We are grateful for this dynamic partnership with Rerouting Ar ts that enables us to bring our work further afield.”
Close by … / La rue d’à-côté … will be performed at the Platform Gallery at the Lions Rive r Station on Saturday, 7 September at 14:30.
Tickets for the performa nce are R85 and can be booked in advance through Quicket:
For more informa tion on JOMBA! Go to www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za
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