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Cirque Kalabanté: 'Afrique en Cirque'

Sunday, February 16, 2025 6:00 PM
  • Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 5151 State University Dr., Cal State L.A.
$25 AND UP
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A dark-skinned percussionist dressed in a type of traditional African costuming stands behind a set of drums, holding his two red sticks up in the air mid-performance.
(Courtesy Cirque Kalabanté)

This show combines athleticism, dance, and music and is pure entertainment. You’ll see stunts and hear live Afro-jazz, percussion, and kora musical accompaniment. Multidisciplinary artist Yamoussa Bangoura, an alumnus of Cirque du Soleil and Cavalia, created this act after studying the Nyamakala cirque tradition of West Africa.