Cirque Kalabanté: African Drumming Workshop

Introductory African Drumming and Dance Workshops for All Ages! Led by Yamoussa Bangoura, creator of Kalabanté Productions, participants will learn the basics of African drumming. Bring your own drum, or come to dance! Ampersand Arts will host a build your own drum activity for kids one hour prior to each workshop.

Kalabanté Productions was created in 2007 by Yamoussa Bangoura, a multidisciplinary artist of Guinean origin who has always dreamed of founding a circus school and having his own multidisciplinary company in African arts.

Installed in Montreal for several years, Yamoussa Bangoura, artistic director of the company, also transmits and shares his values and his passion thanks to the teaching of the various artistic disciplines which he masters in circus arts, African dance and traditional music of West Africa.

Thus, he stages his own shows whose signature stands out from the Montreal cultural landscape. Since the company's first production, Kô Ryass, have followed several shows such as Kumbaya, Uno, Kira Néné and Afrique en Cirque. Several projects are underway for the years to come, in order to continue the dissemination and promotion of the company he holds dear.

Kalabanté Productions are proud to share their achievements, imbued with Western arts in Canada and around the world, with the aim of offering humanitarian aid to the community of origin of Yamoussa in Guinea.