THE festival has now opened up submissions for the two public access platforms for 2022: the JOMBA! Open Horizons (formerly the JOMBA! Fringe) and the JOMBA! Youth Open Horizons (formerly the JOMBA! Youth Fringe).
The JOMBA! Open Horizons will continue as a digital event in 2022 and provides an opportunity for dance-makers to present their digital/dance film work under the auspices of the JOMBA! festival.
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Focus is being placed on looking at the intersection of dance and film and the growing body of digital-dance choreography. Submitted works are adjudicated by a jury, and the top films are selected for screening.
JOMBA! is opening up submissions in both long and short form. Submissions are invited from African dance-makers whether on the continent or living in the diaspora.
The top eight long-form films will be screened, followed by the announcement of the top three in both the long and short-form categories, and they come with cash prizes.
All short-form films will be available to view, with low data usage, on YouTube and Facebook.
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The JOMBA! Youth Open Horizon will be offered as a live event at JOMBA!, and submissions to participate are open to any youth dance group – in any style of dance – with dancers under the age of 16. The festival is open to: pantsula, hip-hop, bharatha natyam, ballet, contemporary and ngoma.
JOMBA! will supply a small lunch snack to all dancers participating.
All criteria and information about submissions, as well as online application forms, can be found on this link: https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/open-horizons
Submission closes for both the JOMBA! Open Horizons and JOMBA! Youth Open Horizons on Friday, July 8, 2022 at 17:00.
Queries can be submitted via email to jombafestival@gmail.com
The JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience runs from August 30 until September 11.
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