Exciting opportunity~ M’Bemba Bangoura in Kittery next weekend!

Liz & Alhassane Fowler-Camara, of Seacoast West African Dance & Drum, are on a role and they’re once again bringing a fabulous West African Drum and Dance teacher to Maine ~ We are so fortunate!

Friday August 3rd – Sunday August 5th master drummer and former soloist from Ballet Djoliba, M’Bemba Bangoura, will be the honored guest offering classes at the Kittery Dance Hall!

The three days will include drum and dundun dance classes taught by M’Bemba and a Guinée style dance class taught by Liz Fowler-Camara.

Wongai! ~ Let’s go!

Friday, August 3
Dance Hall, Kittery
Dundun Dance Class with M’Bemba Bangoura
~7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
$15.00 
 
Saturday, August 4
Drum class with M’Bemba
Dance Hall Kittery
~12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Dundun dance class with M’Bemba
~2:15 pm to 3:45 pm
Dance class with Liz Fowler-Camara
~4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
$15 per class or $40 for all three
 
Sunday, August 5
Community Center, Lois Lane
Barrington, NH
Drum class with M’Bemba
~1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$15.00
 
M’Bemba Bangoura has traveled all over the world as both a teacher and performer of West African drum and dance.  He toured for years with Ballet Djoliba, one of Guinea’s national ballets, before moving to the United States 20 years ago. M’Bemba continues to tour the world and is sought after as a teacher from Mexico to Belgium and many places in between.  We look forward to welcoming him back to the Maine!
 

Youssouf Koumbassa is coming to Portland & Kittery, Maine in June!

Hello, hello!

I am so excited to share with you this exciting news~ Youssouf Koumbassa is coming back to Maine to teach dance classes accompanied by incredible djembéfola (master drummer), Mito Camara!!

Classes will be in Portland on Friday June 22nd (1 evening dance class) and in Kittery Saturday June 23rd  (3 dance and drum classes). Mark your calendars. These two incredible teachers are not to be missed!

Please click to learn all the details & pre-register for classes in Portland & Kittery here: Related Events & Classes.

WONGAI! Dance class with Youssouf Koumbassa!!  

Watching Youssouf dance is akin to observing the most beautiful wild river contained within a human body.  His strength, grace and unparalleled fluidity take on a watery magic. 

Two guest teachers from Guinea coming to Maine!

I am excited to share with you that Abdoulaye Sylla and Ismael Bangoura will be returning to the Kittery Dance Hall in Maine on April 14th to offer 3 drum and dance workshops.

I encourage you to mark your calendars and sign up in our weekly dance class if you’d like to join the carpool down from Portland.

Abdoulaye Sylla, former percussionist and dancer with Les Ballets Africains and Ismael Bangoura musical director of Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater are coming back to The Dance Hall on Saturday April 14th!

Drum class with Ismael
1:00 to 2:30
 
Dundun dance class with Abdoulaye
2:45 to 4:15
 
Dance class with Abdoulaye
4:30 to 6:00
 
$15.00 per class or $40 for all three classes
 
Call or email Liz and Alhassane Fowler-Camara if you have questions or would like to sign up
603.969.5264
603.828.3860
fowler.camara@gmail.com
 
 

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