Open Horizons 2024

For 2024 we are delighted to be offering a rich and varied programme featuring the following five choreographers;

1. Mirror Mirror by Ntando Ngongoma, (Durban, South Africa)
2. Sacrificium/Sacrifice by Thimna Sitokisi, (Gugulethu, South Africa)
3. Giselle and Me by Sarahleigh Castelyn, (London, UK)
4. Inescapable by Siphesihle Vilakazi and Anneline Mazibuko, (Durban, South Africa)
5. Uxinzelelo by BreeH Cele, (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)

The JOMBA! LIVE OPEN HORIZONS JURY members for 2024 are:

Clare Craighead (non-voting Chair): is a Drama and Performance Studies lecturer at DUT, a dance writer and academic with a keen interest in arts on a digital platform. She is based in KZN. 

Thobile Maphanga (Chair) is a dancer, dance writer and researcher interested in the histories and narratives of black women creatives. She is also the JOMBA! Assistant Curator and Project manager. She is based in Durban.

Jabu Siphika is a veteran Durban based dancer and choreographer and is a senior company member of FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY. She is born and raised in KwaMashu!

Tammy Ballantyne Webber is a Johannesburg based dance writer and journalist whose national advocacy work in dance is well- respected.

Yaseen Manuel is an award-winning Cape Town based dancer and choreographer who works as a solo/independent artist, and who also works as part of Unmute Dance Theatre.