BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7503ae105581d89f50f183cdc07eb535 CATEGORIES:DEFAULT CREATED:20240820T161507 SUMMARY:Rerouting Arts LOCATION:The Platform Gallery\, Lions River Station\, R103 DESCRIPTION:JOMBA! and Rerouting Arts are back in the Midlands on Saturday, 7 September at 14:30\nOnce again local Midlands audiences are invited to come and expe rience a one time performance from international and local dance artists, r ight here on our doorstep. Presented by Rerouting Arts in partnership with UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts and JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, C lose by … / La rue d’à-côté … will be showcased at the Platform Gallery in Lions River on Saturday 7 September at 14:30.\nFounded in 1994 in Marseille , France, Ex Nihilo works with the clear intention of moving dance beyond r ehearsal studios and stages to ‘break down walls’ and engage with the publi c, transforming public spaces into sites for research, creation and perform ance. Ex Nihilo work outdoor which involves exploring space through bodies, constantly renewing each spatial experience. This gives rise to a direct i nteraction with the ‘viewer’ outside conventional settings and without form al invitation - whether passers-by, residents, or audience. Here lies the b irth of movement and choreography.\nEx Nihilo has a long history with Durba n and the JOMBA! festival, and return for this years’ 26th edition in a muc h-anticipated encounter with Durban’s FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY. Anne Le Batar d and Jean-Antoine Bigot will collaborate and guide the six resident FLATFO OT dancers in a series of site specific and site responsive encounters in a nd around Durban, and Hilton (as part the JOMBA! and Rerouting Arts partner ship).\nIn a choice made to perform ‘close by’ to more formal theatre and p erformance art spaces at this years’ JOMBA!, Ex Nihilo and FLATFOOT, encoun ter the outside pathways and ways of being that emerge from immersive resea rch that looks at how space is explored by the body. Often quirky, always d aring, and continuously mesmerising, this dance work is an engagement with both the everyday and the extraordinary.\nTegan Peacock, founder of Rerouti ng Arts, says, “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with JOMBA! Con temporary Dance Experience to present internationally recognised dance arti sts to our local Midlands audiences in unexpected and exciting venues. Pres enting this site-specific work at The Platform Gallery is a new offering an d I can’t wait to see the response in experiencing dance performance in a n ew and profound way.”\n“This quirky site specific collaborative work is a v ery accessible piece of contemporary dance, that we hope will delight, and entertain, and most importantly create dialogue amongst the audiences that experience it.,” says JOMBA! curator Dr Lliane Loots. “We are grateful for this dynamic partnership with Rerouting Arts that enables us to bring our w ork further afield.”\nClose by … / La rue d’à-côté … will be performed at t he Platform Gallery at the Lions River Station on Saturday, 7 September at 14:30.\nTickets for the performance are R85 and can be booked in advance th rough Quicket:\nhttps://www.quicket.co.za/events/274049-close-by-la-rue-d-c t-a-jomba-contemporary-dance-and-rerouting-arts-performance/#/\nFor more in formation on JOMBA! Go to www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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:

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/274049-close-by-la-rue-d-ct-a-jomba-cont emporary-dance-and-rerouting-arts-performance/#/

For more informa tion on JOMBA! Go to www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za

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