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| Calendar of Performances | Critics Speak | Response | Photo Gallery a million SITA-s a Neo Bharatam presentation The annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Creative Arts, celebrates its 20th edition with the theme Legacy, from 28 August to 9 September 2018. This landmark 20th edition will celebrate 20 years of bringing Durban the world through contemporary dance, and 20 years of nurturing and supporting the growth and development of contemporary dance in the city through open workshops, grants and the creation of platforms for local dancers and choreographers to showcase their work. An amazing showcase of innovative movement and music, new configurations of aesthetics and politics will be interwoven at the 20th Annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, under the visionary direction of Lliane Loots, Artistic Director of the Festival, and of Flatfoot Dance Company. The thirteen-day event showcases local and internationally acclaimed talent at UKZN's Howard College Campus Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Dr. Anita Ratnam presents her acclaimed dance theatre production A MILLION SITAS for JOMBA followed by a 4 city tour of the USA. The Ramayana is echoed through the DNA of India and South East Asia, as an epic, a text, a sacred book, a bedtime story, an opera - interpreted through painting, dance, theatre, song, animation, television and film. This Adi Kavya (eternal story) has seen more debate, discussion and discourse than any other writing in Indian society. In A MILLION SITAS, the heroine of this time-honoured tale stands at the centre of a power tussle as two men battle with their egos and divergent ideas of duty and honour. It is SITA and the women in this re-telling who emerge from the shadows and pages of history to braid the multiple narratives of this riveting story. Details August 30 and 31: Durban, South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Creative Arts Jomba Festival - Howard College Campus Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, 7.30pm September 8, Metuchen, NJ Kanavagam, Forum Theatre, 5.30pm September 16, Denver, Colorado Colorado Fine Arts Association - Broomfield Auditorium, Broomfield, CO, 4pm  September 23, Tampa, FL Shreyas Arts and Tampa Tamil Association, 5pm September 29, Chicago, IL Natya Dance Theatre, Dominican University, 5pm Credits Concept and Performance: Anita R Ratnam Choreography: Hari Krishnan in collaboration with Anita Ratnam Research and Text: Rex and Anita Ratnam Costumes: Sandhya Raman Music & Sound Design: Vedanth Bharadwaj & Bindhu Malini Recorded music featuring: NK Kesavan, Bindhu Malini, L Subhasri, Subhiksha Rangarajan and Viji Krishnan DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA Singer/Actor: Sharanya Krishnan Drummers: Revash Dookhi (tabla) & Mandla Matsha (djembe) Stage Design: Reshma Chibba Stage Manager: L Subhasri DENVER AND NEW JERSEY, USA Singer/Actor: Taniya Panda CHICAGO AND TAMPA, USA Singer/Actor: Snigdha Venkatramani Info: anitaratnam@yahoo.com  |