Acknowledgments Biographies of Conference Delegates Opening Night Adress of the 8th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience Liane Loots - Artistic Director JOMBA! Conference Introduction Liane Loots and Miranda Young-Jahangeer Conference Proceeding Day One Peter Rorvik - Director: Center for Creative Arts Liane Loots Jay Pather Adrienne Sichel Gregory Maqoma Faustin Linyekula Day two Session One: Defining a contemporary African dance aesthetic - can it be done? Adrienne Sichel Gilbert Douglas Adedayo Liadi, Kettly Noël Reginald Danster Augusto Cuvilas Session Two: The JOMBA! Young Choreographers engage the title: Defining a contemporary African dance aesthetic - can it be done? David Gouldie Ntombi Gasa Mdu Mtshali Musa Hlatshwayo Siyanda Duma Day Tree Session One: Teaching African Contemporary Dance - how is it different? Sbonakaliso Ndaba Adedayo Liadi Faustin Linyekula Session Two: Training and African Contemporary Dance Adrienne Sichel Sbonakaliso Ndaba Adedayo Liadi Faustin Linyekula Session Three: Durban choreographers speak to their notion of creating socially aware and critical dance work in South Africa Patricia Opondo David Gouldie Liane Loots Ondine Bello Jay Pather Day four Session One: Cultural Dance Collaboration - is it possible for the North and South to meet on equal terms to make work about/for Africa? Liane Loots Feri de Geus Kettly Noël Faustin Linyekula Session Two: Europe funds Africa: Finding an equal relationship? (How does foreign funding impact on African dancers and choreographers making work for and about their contexts?) Adrienne Sichel Peter Rorvik Margriet Leemhuis Georgina Thompson Janine Dreyer Bénédicte Alliot Concluding Remarks Miranda Young-Jahangeer - Conference Co-ordinator