Roll up, roll up for an incredible performance of acrobatics, artistry and Afro-jazz rhythms celebrating Guinean culture.
Inspired by daily life in Guinea, the multisensory circus and acrobatic show Afrique en Cirque comes to Brighton Dome to share the beauty, youth, and artistry of African culture. A handful of daring acrobats, accompanied by their musicians, perform gravity defying moves to the pulsating rhythm of the djembes of Guinea with their authentic choreography and acrobatics that represent the coming and goings of local Guineans and daily life.
With the melodious sound of the Kora, Cirque Kalabanté transports the audience to a place where the diversity of traditional African arts is illuminated and combined with the virtuosity of a modern North American Circus performance. Symbolising the strength, agility and joy of contemporary African youth culture, Afrique en Cirque puts powerful storytelling at the heart of the circus.
Cirque Kalabanté 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.
So gather your friends and family for a circus with a difference; modern, unexpected and for everyone.
Listings
Afrique en Cirque: Sat 28 - Tue 31 Dec 2024
Approx. 90 mins, no interval
Concert Hall, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UD
Tickets from £10
Further Information: Afrique en Cirque / Circus / What's On | Brighton Dome