Collab Collective
our outreach platform
Collab Collective is our outreach platform which seeks to provide an infrastructure which brings together artists and arts educators, both locally and internationally. Our aim is to consciously curate an evolutionary space which kickstarts unique collaborations between participants, encouraging diverse initiatives which advance the arts in more than one creative community.
our evolutionary ensemble
Collab Collective is an interactive space for creatives and creative communities from all over the world to engage with Collab Company knowing that their innovative ideas and commercial campaigns are safeguarded by our non-negotiable ethical framework. This ensures that artists are secure in their collaborations with us, knowing that they are part of an evolving ensemble of artistic, educational and outreach initiatives locally and internationally. This platform is only accessed through an obvious alignment in those aspects which are most important to us as an organisation. This allows us to open our doors to our ensemble through similar ways of working, personal and professional belief systems and collaborative methodologies. In seeking out such individuals and brands, we hope to establish an space for performing arts specialists, professionals and practitioners to see one another as a source of inspiration and revel in the collaborative opportunities as we advance the arts together.
our collaborative choir
The Collab Collective is a monthly, multigenerational community choir which will be popping up all over Dubai this year. This outreach initiative is focused on the transformative power and potential involved in belonging to and singing within a group dynamic. Unlike other choirs which require weekly rehearsals and are often working towards a major performance, our choir involves a monthly half-day workshop where we rehearse, run, record and even participate in some recreation as you are led by industry professionals from Collab Company's evolutionary local and international ensemble. Our aim is to disrupt the conventional choir dynamic with our 21st century approach to creative and collaborative empowerment and upliftment through song. Every session is different from the one that came before, changing the context, content and even the participants of the choir itself! There are absolutely no auditions involved so you can arrive just as you are... and be part of something memorable and magical.
international writing residency
"Did I know back then the impact it would have on my life? Not at all. It has taken me years of retrospection to acknowledge that JOMBA! is partly responsible for my work with Collab Company right here in Dubai. I'm seeking to ignite the same spark that this contemporary dance experience fanned into a flame in me back then. To have been raised in an artistic community like the one that produces JOMBA! every year. To still make full use of the skills I was gifted as a student in my work as a director, a scriptwriter, a journalist, an educator. To look through a programme of works and realise with a surge of fierce Durban pride that JOMBA! is a festival that sets the bar for everything I experience now, and is exactly why my standards are so damn high. To be able to revisit this passionate, inclusive, educational, inspirational community every year... bringing others along with me into its warm, warm embrace. Wouldn't you be seeking that, too?"
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~ Lauren Noble, 25th anniversary
production management collab
"Lauren’s enthusiasm, positive energy and attentiveness to the project’s needs were instrumental to the success of the event whilst equally fulfilling the mission of inclusion and diversity. Lauren leads the way when it comes to thinking outside the box, and no problem is ever seen as a barrier but as a fun challenge to unlock! Her ability to connect with everyone and be sensitive to their needs is her superpower and she had a positive impact on my own participation which I will never forget to this day." ~ Laura Marino, MTDXB performer
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"She has a great ability to zoom out and see the big picture and is able to explain the vision of the set in language that we could all understand. And as well as looking at the big picture she was also completely obsessed with the fine details." ~ Gemma McFall, MTDXB performer
