Aug 17th – Muhanamwe: Guinean Durmming and Dance Workshops
July 30, 2010
Workshop 2 Tuesday 17th August 7pm-9pm
Muhanamwé: Guinean Drumming Workshop
Facilitators: Aliou Sylla and Mohamed Camara from Muhanamwe
Guinean master drummers Aliou Sylla and Mohamed Camara from Muhanamwé will lead this energetic and fun workshop in traditional West African drumming. Learn the basic techniques of djembe playing, as well as a traditional rhythm comprising both accompaniments and solos. BYO drum, no experience necessary!
Length of Workshop: 1 hour
Participants: Maximum 30, BYO drum, no experience necessary
(BEMAC have a limited number of drum available for hire @ $5)
Guinean and West African Dance Workshop
Facilitator: Aicha Keita, accompanied by Muhanamwe percussionists
Description: Guinean master dancer Aicha Keita will lead an exciting, energetic workshop in traditional West African dance. Learn the basic techniques and skills specific to this style of dance, as well as a full traditional dance from Guinea. Accompanied by live drumming! No experience necessary.
Length of Workshop: 1 hour
Participants: Maximum 30, no experience necessary
Cost: $15 for both
Venue: The Centre Room @ BEMAC, 120 Main Street, Kangaroo Point.
Free parking on-site
Phone: 3391 4433 mon-thurs to book.
Aug 11th – Mandinka Sound Workshop
July 30, 2010
Free workshop 1 Wednesday 11th August 7pm-9pm
One Africa: Body Percussion Workshop (dance and vocal)
Facilitators: King Marong and Lamine Sonko
Experience the high energy grooves and funky afro moves of One Africa in this fun and interactive workshop. People of all levels of experience are welcome to participate in this workshop that includes variety of West African drumming styles, African songs and traditional and contemporary African dance.
Workshop length: 2 hours (1 hour drumming and one hour dancing)
Cost: $15
Participants: BYO drum and comfortable clothes for dancing, no experience necessary
(BEMAC has limited drums for hire @ $5 for the session)
Venue: The Centre Room @ BEMAC, 120 Main Street, Kangaroo Point.
Free parking on-site
Phone: 3391 4433 mon-thurs to book.
Aug 14th – Raqs the Kasbah
July 28, 2010
Sat 14th August @ West End Club
Join Brisbane’s fantastic Bellydance band “Muziz” and a sparkling array of beautiful Belly dancers on August 14th for the “Raqs the Kasbah” belly dance cabaret and dance party.
Featuring performances by: DrumDance (live drumming and tribal bellydance), Felicia, Belladonna and Tahlia and the Snakeweave troupe from Northern NSW, Tamara and featuring special guest drummer Karen Wray from Coffs Harbour. Plus, start the night with some shopping at the Souk and finish with Arabic beats from DJ Kahraman.
Doors open at 6.30 pm / Show starts at 7.30 pm.
Affordable meals and drinks are available (please come early if you wish to eat, the West End club is committed to improving the meals ordering system this time around, but it is best if you come at 6.30 to order your meal in time for the show).
Location: West End Club, 2 Vulture Street, West End 4101
Entry cost: $25.00/ $22.00 groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.hipnoticbellydance.com (you can pay and book online) or phone Tamara 0416 270 107
Aug 7th – Mandinka Sound
July 28, 2010
Mandinka Sound at The Judith Wright Centre
Saturday 7th August 5-9pm
Kultour is pleased to present Mandinka Sound, a national tour of music, dance and song that will take audiences on a journey tracing West African culture in contemporary Australia back to its roots in the ancient Mandinka empire of West Africa. The tour also includes high-energy drumming, song and dance workshops for all ages at selected venues.
Saturday 7 August – Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane
5-7pm Craft Markets,7-9pm Mandinka Sound performance.
Tuesday 10 August – Logan (performance and free workshops)
Wednesday 11 & Wednesday 18 August - free workshops at BEMAC.
Aug 7th – Josh Bennett
July 28, 2010
BEMAC and Brisbane Powerhouse presents the “Planet”.
Saturday 7th August 5-7pm on the Turbine Platform.
Fresh from a tour of India and sellout performances at the Adelaide Fringe Festival (Fringe Award Nominee for Best Music), this internationally acclaimed music prodigy, master of strings, skins and hollow things, is launching his latest CD “Echoes of You” around the country. Presenting a musical journey on guitar, sitar, dilruba, tabla, didgeridoo, stompbox, plus throat singing, loops and Indian beat-boxing, Josh is a remarkable multi-talented artist.
A free event for all ages.
Visit Josh’s MySpace site to listen to his music.
Yemanja
July 28, 2010
Yemanja, one of the freshest sounds on the music scene in years. “This multicultural accoustic duo has struck a positive chord with audiences around the world for their fun-loving mix of jass, samba, bossa-nova, gypsy, French chanson, classical, Brazilian and European popular music.
Australian songbird Anita Fernandes and Brazilian guitarist Edson Gazani are innovative composers and captivating performers, and have even been described as musical anthropologists – uniting the music and culture of our current diverse global community with all the zest and appeal of today’s popular music. Music from the heart and soul.
For more information,
Croatian Folkloric Dance Group Brisbane
July 28, 2010
The Croatian Folkloric Dance Group Brisbane Inc. was formed in 2002 and consists of approximately 30 dancers and musicians. The group has concentrated on developing an orhestra, which features the traditional Croatian instrument, the Prim. Not only does the group demonstrate the distinctive music styles of Croatia, it also performs traditional dances displaying the many styles and influences of each region throughout Croatia.
Visit our website for more information.
Melting Pot
April 21, 2010
A WORLD OF FREE MUSIC
There’s a world of music bubbling away in Brisbane’s diverse communities. This melting pot of multi-culturalism will be celebrated during the monthly series of free entertainment and activities to be held at QPAC’s Cascade Court and Melbourne Street Green.
Traversing the globe from Asia to Europe, Africa and the Americas, Brisbane’s Melting pot will feature an array of ethnic delicacies from local communities including traditional fare, arts and craft, new world music and dance.
Gather your family and friends and join the global citizens of Brisbane’s new world city as we celebrate diversity, community and culture through the universal languages of food and music.
Where: Cascade Court and Melbourne Street Green, QPAC
When: 11.30am to 5pm
Immerse yourself in the sounds and aromas of mystical Asia with rhythmic Bhangara, bamboo flutes, exotic strings, driving percussion and the phenomenon of contemporary Bollywood.
Folkloric traditions, classical compositions and contemporary pop music come together to mark the European influence on a western culture steeped in delicious diversity.
Saturday 10+Sunday 11 April
Saturday 8+Sunday 9 May
Return to the roots of all music with an exciting world of song and dance beating a trail from tribal Africa to the idyllic rhythms of the South Pacific.
Saturday 5+Sunday 6 June
Saturday 10 + Sunday 11 July
Traverse the globe footloose and carefree with a gypsy gathering drawing from the Mediterranean, the Baltics, the Middle East and Central Asia to create an energetic celebration of a colourful life of travels.
Saturday 7 + Sunday 8 August
Saturday 18+ Sunday 19 September
Party with the sounds of the streets as we shake up the music that has inspired revolutions, celebrated freedom and opened our hearts and minds to the ryhthms of carnivale.
Saturday 16+Sunday 17 October
Saturday 13 + Sunday 14 November
Presented by QPAC with the support of BEMAC
Talking Tapa: Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland
January 21, 2010
Works from the Melanesian nations and islands of Papua New Guinea, West Papua a province of Indonesia, The Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, and the Polynesian Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, and Wallis and Futuna are represented. Community loans hang beside museum pieces. Some have be used very recently in Queensland to decorate homes, wedding receptions, meeting halls, birthday parties, for use at funerals and perhaps most commonly for Fijians to wear at their weddings.
National itinerary – tour
2009 Queensland
- USQ (Springfield, Ipswich) 12 Feb –19 March
- Art space Mackay 27 Mar – 10 May
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery 5 June – 11 July
Museum of Brisbane 24 July – 11 Oct NOW
- Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, 23 Oct – 6 Dec
- Cairns Regional Gallery 11 Dec – 31 Jan 2010
2010 Victoria
- Monash Gallery of Art 10 Feb – 11 April
- Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 17 April – 30 May
2010 NSW
- Mosman Art Gallery 5 June – 18 July
- Manning Regional Gallery 23 July – 5 Sept
- Taree
- Bathurst Regional Gallery 15 Oct – 28 Nov
Further venues may be included in 2011. If you know a venue that may be interested please let BEMAC know.
Catch TALKING TAPA where you can and enjoy this wonderful show.
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