Musa Hlatshwayo receives Eric Shabalala Contemporary Dance Champion Award at JOMBA!

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Musa Hlatshwayo (right) receives the Eric Shabalala Dance Champion Award at Jomba! from David Wa Maahlamela, director of the Centre for Creative Arts, UKZN.

The Centre for Creative Arts and the Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience Dance Festival honoured acclaimed Durban dancer, choreographer and dance educator Musa Hlatshwayo, with the Eric Shabalala Dance Champion Award. Continue reading

SAMRO Foundation crowns two exciting new instrumental stars

Johannesburg’s Linder Auditorium came alive with the sound and passion of music on Saturday, August 22, when the two 2016 SAMRO Overseas Scholarships winners were chosen. 

Following a tense final round of live performances, saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane (jazz music, left) and marimba player Dylan Tabisher (Western art music, right) were announced as the winners of the two R200 000 scholarships. Continue reading

The 18th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience set to delight, provoke and entertain Durban dance fans

MAMAZA – from Switzerland in duet “EIFO EFI” with dancers Ioannis Mandafounis and Fabrice Mazliah

Mamaza, from Switzerland, in the duet “Eifo Efi” with dancers Ioannis Mandafounis and Fabrice Mazliah.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts, presents its 18th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Pieter Scholtz Open Air Theatre and KZNSA Gallery from August 24 to September 4. Continue reading