Category Archives: Tanante Performance Group
Drumroots African Drumming Course at The Zion Arts Centre; Performance Showcase (Video)
We have now completed our six week African drumming course at The Zion Arts Centre! The course was oversubscribed with enthusiastic students of a very broad range of experience and ability. This presented us with one of the most challenging but eventually rewarding courses we have ever run. With a combination of hard work by our students, and us carefully selecting the pieces we chose to teach, as well as how far to push our students, and putting them on parts where they seemed most suited and comfortable; the music progressed well and eventually we ended up a tight and polished performance group just in time! (more…)
Drumroots Performance; African Drumming Course Showcase + Tanante Gig at The Zion Arts Centre
As the end of our current six week African Drumming course at The Zion Arts Centre draws near, we are honing the skills of the participating students for their end performance. Thus far we have worked very hard to bring out the very best from a mixed group and tried to put people in the best places to produce an exciting end performance spectacle. The group will appear in the foyer/bar space of The Zion Arts centre to showcase what they have learnt to friends, family and West African music lovers. Their performance will be followed by a short show by our own performance group Tanante. The whole event will be free to all to come along and enjoy, so please get down and show support for our hard working students!
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Back From Training with Sipa in Touba Kabira, Senegal (Video)
Just a quick note to say that we the Drumroots team are back from an all too brief stay and bit training time in Senegal. We returned again to the southern region of Cassamance to stay at our second home; Touba Kabira, the beautiful guest house in Abene belonging to our good friend and Tanante dancer Sens Sagna. Here we fitted in as much time as we could to study with our teacher Sipa (Mohammed Sylla) and his group Wassalon. We’ve stayed here many times now, never fail to have a good time and feel well looked after and always look forward to returning.
Ever dreamt of traveling to West Arica to staying this beautiful region? Here you can either learn djembe music (with our highly recommended teacher, Sipa), or the study traditional drumming of that region, Segrouba or even simply to escape to the jungle to relax this idyllic Atlantic beach town. You might also be interested to see the infamous Abene festival, if so why not step just outside the main centre of Abene and stay at Touba Kabira? (more…)
Mamady Keita Weekend 2012 CANCELED!
Due to the sad news that Mamady Keita was hospitalised though complications surrounding his known congestive heart disease, the MK2012 weekender has been entirely canceled, including the evening performance programme with Tanante with Iya Sako.
Like everyone we are very sad and shocked by this news and also disappointed that it cannot go ahead. Our thoughts and wishes are with Mamady, and hope he has a speedy recovery. Thanks to Djembeschool and all involved for organising the weekend and bad luck that all your efforts were thwarted by the affliction. We hope that you’re not dispirited and re-organise the event when Mamady returns to good health.
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Mamady Keita Weekend 2012 Confirmed: Tanante to perform with Iya Sako.
Despite the slow sales of ticket at first, in the early New Year things have picked up and the Mamady Keita Weekend Workshop 2012 and evening performance at Bristol’s DMAC (Dance, Music, Arts Collective) is now confirmed! For those that don’t know, Madady Keita is the world’s most famous djembe player and teacher and we are lucky enough to have him visit the UK for a weekend of workshops this February. Furthermore, to celebrate the occasion, there will be a full evening of entertainment showcasing some of the best African drumming and dance acts in the country, including including Tolo Ko Tolo, Hamana, and our very own Tanante with Iya Sako.
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Tanante with Sidiki Dembele at The Hilton’s Cloud 23 for KLM-Air France-Delta
As part of an expansion, opening 17 new global routes in 2011, including Cape Town, Buenos Aires and Xiamen, the Manchester Airport branch of KLM-Air France-Delta, hosted an event and trade show, held in the prestigious heights of Cloud 23 bar of the Manchester Hilton Hotel building to which they invited Drumroots to deliver rather special performance…
Tanante with Iya Sako at The Times Presents; Destinations, The Holiday and Travel Show
Drumroots are proud to announce that we are to be part of this year’s; The Times presents: Destinations, The Holiday & Travel Show. Being held in Manchester for the first time, The Times have invited our West African drumming performance group, Tanante with friend and guest artist djembe player Iya Sako to appear as part of the events entertainment on the World Entertainment Stage.
The Show will be held at Events City, Manchester from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd of January 2012; Tanante and Iya will be performing every day for the duration. Performance times for Tanante are below, but further details, plus all the other acts due to perform at the show can be found on the World Entertainment Stage page. (more…)
Drumroots Djembe Class is Back for 2012.
After a well deserved Christmas break the drumroots team are back with Manchester’s longest running West African drumming class. These mixed ability workshops are suitable for total beginners right through to advanced djembe players. The year will start with a run of workshops focusing on Malinke rhythms from the North East of Guinea specifically Kouroussa and Sanbaralla, home of Famoudou Konate one of the worlds most renowned djembe masters. For 2012 we will see more classes focused on the dun duns and with even more support from the members of the performance group Tanante.
African dance classes with Sens Sagna are back too. Learn choreography, solo dance and traditional Senegalese songs in this fun and friendly environment. Again with support from Tanante. A great way to learn African culture and keep fit!
Tanante to Perform at The Mamady Keita Weekend 2012.
This coming February the UK will see a return visit from a very special West African djembe fola, none other than Mamady Keita! It’s been a long time since he’s been on these shores and it’s a very special opportunity to learn djembe and dundun from Mamady, who is now widely regarded as one of the greatest teachers of traditional djembe music in the world. Organised by the good people down south at Djembeschool, this full weekend event will be hosted in Bristol, February 2012. Held at DMAC (Dance, Music, Arts Collective), the weekend will consist of daytime 2.5 hour workshop sessions on Saturday and Sunday pitched at intermediate and advanced levels. On the Saturday night there will be a full performance programme with a line up including Tolo Ko Tolo, Hamana, Swedish dancer Sara Galan and our very own Tanante with Iya Sako. (more…)
Book Tanante As Your Wedding Band
So often at weddings you find the norm with background music throughout the day and later, at a wedding party it will descend into cheesy discos or cover bands. However why not make an impact with something a little different….something to really get people up on their feet. Tanante, our African drumming performance group love to play gigs to an audience that loves it We have performed at many weddings and we have never failed to captivate an audience. We can be the best addition to your wedding celebrations, bringing a very special day to a powerful and energetic climax, with all your guests dancing together to the same beat and untied with in each other’s energy and the power of the rhythms. (more…)
