Toca artist and Toca endorsee Michael Pluznick shows the fun Zaouli break and Kuku solo technique for djembes and dunun on Toca Stage Series Pro wood djembe and Toca Freestyle Djundjuns. [...]
            
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Very athletic and amazing dancers solo and perform at a “dununba” community drum and dance celebration. Dununba refers to “strong mans dance” as it was originaly called and used as. This djembe drum and west african dance party takes place at my friend and teachers house, the late, great and legendary master dancer, drummer and choreographer Kenoko Sano of Ballettes Africans fame.  West African dancers and djembe and dunun drummers perform mixed west african drumming and african dance. The African dancers are from Cameroon, Liberia and other parts of West Africa. In this performance of live world music and world dance we are performing at the incredible Skytop Dream Bar in downtown Bangkok, Thailand for a music festival and celebration. MIchael Pluznick (aka MIchael P), Kenji of Japan and Louis from Mexico w/ Michael K [...] 
Very athletic and amazing dancers solo and perform at a “dununba” community drum and dance celebration. Dununba refers to “strong mans dance” as it was originaly called and used as. This djembe drum and west african dance party takes place at my friend and teachers house, the late, great and legendary Konoko Sano of Ballettes Africans fame. 
From a Dununba (doundounba) I sponsored in Guinee, West Africa. A Doundoundba is a West African drum and dance community celebration or “Dundunba” party at the late great Kemoko Sano’s compound. function startGallery_38() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_38″), { timed: true, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: true, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 5000, defaultTransition: “fade”, textShowCarousel: “Show/Hide Thumbnails” }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_38″).style.display = “block”; myGallery.toggleCarousel(); } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_38); West African dancer from Hawaii at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Ray Titus performs West African drumming (kinkini) @ Blend show BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance 3 BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance 4 BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Little girl performs West with African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Kakilambe mask dancer at west african performance on Hawaii Kakilambe BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii flowers flower birds and nature birds Michal leader of Lavaroots teaching west african dance class on Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii MIchal dancer, dance teacher, choregorapher, african dancer and leader of LAvaroots Ensemble and Blend beautiful dancer at African dance class dancer from the Blend performance congas Peter plays congas at Blend show west african dance choreography dancers from the BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii dancers jump dancers from the BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Bata drumming at drum and dance performance on Big Island Ray Titus, Jesse Seymour and MIchael Pluznick on Bata MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming@ Blend Show on Big Island of Hawaii MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming@ Blend Show on Big Island of Hawaii #2 MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming@ Blend Show on Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance dancers from the BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii michael Pluznick Michael Pluznick drummer from Blend show and Lavaroots ensemble poses with a small friend Michael Pluznick 2 Michael Pluznick drummer from Blend show and Lavaroots ensemble poses Joshua and Bruce Joshua and Bruce djembe djembe djembe BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii more djembe BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii west african dance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii african dancers perform BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii drummer and dancer BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Check out the beautiful photos by Bill Adams of the West African/ world drumming and dance performance at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii function startGallery_2() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_2″), { timed: true, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: true, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 5000, defaultTransition: “fade”, textShowCarousel: “Show/Hide Thumbnails” }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_2″).style.display = “block”; myGallery.toggleCarousel(); } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_2); Beautiful Balaphones Two balaphones large and small from Guinea West Africa Komoko Sano\’s compound in Guinea This was taken at the late great legendary Komoko Sano\’s compound in Merveilles section of Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. Taken with Nikon D90 digital camera
Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our recording session and play amazing music! Mali Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our recording session and play amazing music! Mali Young Guns session from the \”Young Guns\” CD field recording with Siaka Doumbia nad crew MP in Mali Michael Pluznick playing at wedding celebration outside of Bamako in Mali west Africa Baby naming party Siaka Doumbia and Young Guns crew perform live at a baby naming ceremony drum carver Our drum carver works hard all day in the sun and het on our new djembe drums in Bamako Mali West Africa mali, djembe, west african, west africa, world music, ethnic music, village drumming, didadee, bobo, djembe, master drummer, djembe fola Mali young guns djembe drumming recording session photo Mali Wedding MC the young master drummer plays dunun at Mali wedding party mali wedding ceremony more wedding photos and shots from Mali West Africa Grand Master Djembe Fola Aruna Grand Master Djembe Fola Aruna Sidibe listens to himself play on a recording \”Old Masters\” (available on earthcds.com) for the first time in Mali West Africa Brulye Mali champion Master drummer and my second teacher is named Brulye. He was Mali (Bamako city), champion of djembe drumming Didadee Didadee drummers from the village at a recordng session for Mali Music available on earthcds.com Didadee village drummers Didadee (Didadi) music from the village! Aruna Sidibe, Grand master djembe fola My djembe master is Aruna Sidibe 83 years old in Mali from the Music of Mali: Old Masters CD on erathcds.com Bobo drummers in Mali Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre, Bo Bo balaphone Bobo musicians in Mali play the balaphone, Bo Bo drummers in Mali Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre, Yagbe Onilu in Mali Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre, drum carver in Mali makes djembe drums for us Drum carver outside of Bamako Mali making a beautiful djembe drum Komoko Sano's daughter Komoko Sano's other daughter at Komoko Sanos compound in Guinea, West Africa Michael P in Amsterdam fest Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis Michael P in Amsterdam fest Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis ; http://www.myspace.com/rhythmsofbarab… Female West African dancers from Guinea West Afrcan and Oakland California drum and solo with Master drummer (djembe fola) Bolokada Conde performs with his group Les Percussions Melenke in Bolinas, California. The first piece with dancers is “Mane”, from Guinea West Africa. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arunabrulye Jaques comes back for his second solo in this all star djembe fola-young masters video form Conakry Guinee West Africa. Please check out part two of the traditional male african dancer and the remarkable dunun solo as well!! I made this durring my 2nd study tour of West Africa where I met and played with several master djembe drummers and djembe folas in Guinea and Mali. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arunabrulye Dununba #8:A young boy at a community drum and dance, “dundunba” party shows his dance and acrobatics as well as traditional west african dance technique in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa! I filmed this on my 2nd trip to West Africa. Master Djembe Drummer M’Bemba Bangoura and Jaques play at this one as well! Djembe masters and djembe drumming, too! Mali West African dance choreography. This piece is called Numu Foly (the black smith dance). This video is from the series West African (Mal)i Dance, Drums and Chants #8. And is from my African drum and dance lessons in Bamako, Mali, West Africa. African dance class by Michael Pluznick. Djembe music with Dancers Ami Doumbia left and Malodone right) from the award winning Santogoola community center and local group in the Sabaliboogou district of Bamako chant traditional songs and perform traditional based djembe muisc and dance choreography to the Sunu djembe rhythym in Bamako Mali while accompanied by djembe grandmaster Aruna, djembe master Brulye, djembe fola Siaka and dunun fola Kaliefa, 4 different generations of Mali [...] West African dancers and djembe and dunun drummer perform at the skytop Dream Bar in downtown Bangkok for music festival and celebration. MIchael P, Kenji Japan and Louis Mexico w/ Michael K on shakers as well At the end of the West African Djembe drum and African dance show, all the folas (djembe masters) get together in a line and exchange awesome djembe solos. Filmed in Conakry Guinee West Africa by Michael P Mali baby naming community celebration and west african drum and dance party part 2. These are my friends and teachers from Mali performing for the baby naming ceremony. MC is playing a cow skin headed djembe drum. Siaka Doumbia is playing dununba. This is a new video of Mediani drum, dance and chants made in Bamako Mali West Africa. It sounds almost identical to Guinea (Guinee) style mendiani as well. Dancers and singers (Ami Doumbia left and Malodone right) from the award winning Santogoula community center and local group in the Sabalibougou district of Bamako chant traditional songs and perform traditional based West African dance choreography in Bamako, Mali while accompanied by Aruna, Brulye, Siaka [...] This is a performance by the Lavaroots ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii and is called Kassa, which is a West African traditional harvest dance from Guinea, West Africa. Female West African dancers (formerly of Guinea West Africa’s famous Ballet Merveilles) drum, dance and dance solo with master djembe drummer (djembe fola) Bolokada Cond (from Les Percussions Du Guinee) and his group Les Percussions Melenke in Bolinas, California. The first piece with dancers is “Mane”, from Guinea West Africa. This is a performance of our group with master drummer Bolokada Conde, “les Percussions Melenke at the Mill Valley Theater. We play 3 different Konkoba drum pieces tied together and and West African dancers Nabe Bangoura and others from Ballet Merveilles come out as well. From left to right:Rafael, Sean Areneda, Michael Pluznick, Mohamed Kouyate, front: Bolokada Conde. Male dancer: Nabe Bangoura |
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