We have waited 3 long years for this precious cargo to arrive and strangely enough, here it is in the middle of the pandemic. Simon is in heaven, surrounded by beautifully carved djembes and dunduns, exquisite balafons, calabash…
On Fridays we have been running a Zoom session called ‘Fundamentals of African dance’. Each week we have a new topic of discussion and sometimes a special guest.
Our Thursday daytime class has been working on a choreography to Nigerian pop song ‘Chop my Money’. Check out our dance video!
Mitzi and seven other Australians have just returned from Guinea, West Africa, where they have been studying drum and dance for the past 4 weeks. They attended ‘Camp Fareta Guinea’ hosted by the renowned dancer Youssouf Koumbassa, on the outskirts of Conakry.
This year’s camp saw 170 people drumming, dancing, singing, stretching, laughing, crying and being pummelled by a state-of-the-art massage chair. Check out the photos.
Melbourne Djembe students plus Wassawumba & Kwame Tosuma performed on 22nd September for African Festival Melbourne. Check out the pics.
