There’s a new home at Curries Fountain for
The Playhouse Company’s annual Ingoma Competition due to popular demand. It
takes place today (March 24, 2018)
The Playhouse Company’s annual Ingoma
Competition has been a success story over the years and 2018 sings no different
tune. Celebrating its 6th year, the competition moves to a bigger venue due to
popular demand. This year the competition takes place at Curries Fountain
(Berea), with over 36 Zulu dance groups competing for prizes, trophies and
prestige, with the total prize money offered at the value of R197,400.
The term, “ingoma” literally translates as
an “anthem” in the isiZulu language, however nowadays it tends to refer to the
many and varied dance styles that exist within the Zulu culture, particularly
in the competitive arena. Groups who enter the competition will be judged on
their performances in the following seven dance style categories: oMama
Besigekle, uShameni, Ingoma Yezinsizwa, Ingoma Yezintombi, Ingoma Sekhuze,
Indlamu and uMzansi.
Traditionally, each particular dance is
performed by specific people of a particular age, gender and status and at a
particular time or period such as a season or a month of an event such as a
wedding. Body position and movements are highly specific to the particular
dance style and region. In fact, even with a region such as KwaZulu-Natal,
dance styles may vary from village to village. Dance among Zulu people is said
to operate similarly to language and a medium through which to communicate
history.
“The Playhouse Company’s mandate is to
produce equitable programmes of live theatre productions in the fields of
music, drama and dance which are representative of all our diverse cultural
groups that comprise the population of KwaZulu-Natal. We are proud that as an
institution we have been able to cement our reputation in producing a
competition of this magnitude which upholds and celebrates our wonderful
various traditional art forms,” said The Playhouse Company’s CEO and Artistic
Director, Ms Linda Bukhosini.
The 2018 Ingoma competition takes place today
(March 24 from 09h00) at Curries Fountain, Berea, and free admission is granted
to all patrons.
For further information about this event, contact
Khulekani Kunene on 031 369 9440 or visit www.playhousecompany.com
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