Introdans at JOMBA! festival 2026
Introdans has been invited to the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in September 2026. The programme includes a new version of Iungo in collaboration with the Flatfoot Dance Company, alongside excerpts from In Memoriam by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Mano a mano by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich, and Brightest Darkness by Flatfoot Dance Company.
Alongside the performances, Introdans teachers will give workshops in Pietermaritzburg from 31 August to 4 September 2026 and during the festival on 5 September.
Impressions 2026
Mano a mano – Igor Bacovich and Iratxe Ansa
The duet Mano a mano carries the motto “A tightrope walk between you and me” and is set to the rich music of Astor Piazzolla’s Otoño Porteño. Igor Bacovich and Iratxe Ansa had long cherished the wish to explore this music in a choreography, and with this ballet they have realised that ambition. They created the work in June 2025 for Theater Osnabrück in Germany, and it will now receive its Introdans premiere.
In Memoriam – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (excerpt)
In Memoriam is a contemporary masterpiece about loss and memory, paying homage to the ancestors of choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. The rustling skirts and swiftly moving video images propel the dancers forward in this meditative performance. Comfort and sorrow are wrapped in a soothing, warm embrace, according to the press.
Iungo – Adriaan Luteijn
Following previous editions in Beijing, Tokyo, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Jakarta, Bogotá and the Netherlands, a new version of the inclusive choreography Iungo by Adriaan Luteijn will be presented in Durban at the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, in collaboration with the Flatfoot Dance Company and featuring guest performers Joseph Tebandeke and Eva Eikhout. For this edition, Luteijn works with a mixed cast consisting of professional dancers from Flatfoot Dance Company alongside guest performers Joseph and Eva. Read more.
Our visit to South Africa 2026 has been made possible with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Embassy in South Africa.