Heading to Guinea
Mitzi and 7 other Australians will leave for Guinea, West Africa, on 12th December to study African drum and dance with some of the world’s best artists.
Xmas Party Picnic
Come down and celebrate another wonderful year of drum and dance! BYO picnic rug, some food to share and your djembe.
2.30pm Sunday 8th December, Coburg lake
Camp Samatou 2019 photos
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.
African festival photos
Melbourne Djembe students plus Wassawumba & Kwame Tosuma performed on 22nd September for African Festival Melbourne. Check out the pics.
Interview with Mouminatou Camara
Mouminatou Camara is our guest artist for Camp Samatou this year, and a highly renowned teacher and performer. We are very lucky to have her join us. Here she tells us something of her life and history as a dancer....
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Workshops in New Zealand
Mitzi and Simon are very excited to be teaching workshops in Wellington!
Weekend of 27th/28th September
Student Performances & Wassawumba at African Festival
Melbourne Djembe students are invited to perform at this exciting event as a culmination of Term 3 classes.
Sunday 22nd September
Queen Victoria Market
Wontanara drum & dance show photos
Last term finished up with a heart-warming combined drum and dance event which had everyone grooving on the dance floor. We had a multitude of student performances plus some workshops with our favourite African dancers and a very special performance...
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Student performance evening
This term we are putting on a combined performance event with Melbourne Djembe drum & dance students and Vox Chops a cappella vocal ensemble!
6.30pm Friday 16th August
Brunswick South PS
Mitzi teaches dundun dance in China
Mitzi is headed for Qingdao once again for the Tsingtao Beer Festival 5-10th August. Classes will run as per usual with guest teachers.