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Afrique en Cirque with Cirque Kalabante

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Dates

Nov 10 - Nov 13, 2026

Event Type

ExxonMobil Discovery Series

Ticket Price

This is a non-ticketed event provided free of charge to local school districts.
Registrations managed by partner school districts' Fine Arts Department.

Performance Hall

Sarofim Hall

Duration

One hour

ExxonMobil Discovery Series

Fine Arts, Social Studies, Physical Education

TEKS: §113.16: 5.5(A); §117.119: 5.2(A), 5.3(A); §116.7: 5.1(A), 5.2(A); §110.7: 5.6(A)

Afrique en Cirque is a show by Yamoussa Bangoura, inspired by daily life in Guinea. This performance shares the beauty, youth and artistry of African culture. A colorful show beyond its scenery, costumes and staging, it makes any theatre vibrate with energy and represents the strength, agility and life’s joys of young Africans. The audience will see acrobats execute gravity-defying moves and human pyramids, accompanied by the contemporary sounds of live Afro-Jazz, percussion, and kora. Welcome to the universe of Kalabanté Productions and prepare for an unforgettable journey.

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This project is supported in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 2026 BIG grant.

Performance Schedule

Audio Description
Open Captions
ASL

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Tue Nov 10, 2026 at 9:45 am
Tue Nov 10, 2026 at 11:45 am
Wed Nov 11, 2026 at 11:00 am
Thu Nov 12, 2026 at 9:45 am
Thu Nov 12, 2026 at 11:45 am
Fri Nov 13, 2026 at 9:45 am
Fri Nov 13, 2026 at 11:45 am

About Kalabanté Productions

Kalabanté Productions was created by Yamoussa Bangoura, a multidisciplinary artist of Guinean origin. Yamoussa’s dream was the founding of a school of circus arts and to direct his own multidisciplinary company specializing in the African arts. Yamoussa first became interested in the Circus Arts as a young man growing up in Conakry Guinea in the 1990s. He studied the circus performers he saw on European TV and practiced on the beach and dirt around his home. He also studied the Nyamakala tradition of circus, practiced by the Fula people of West Africa. He eventually joined Guinea’s original circus company, Circus Baobob, with whom he toured Africa and Europe.

In the early 2000’s, Yamoussa was recruited to come to Canada with Cirque Eloize, a Montreal based Canadian cirque company. While in Canada he also performed with Cirque du Soleil and Cavalia (cirque with horses). In 2007 Yamoussa realized his dream and opened his own company, Kalabanté Productions in Montreal, Canada. He recruited many of his family members to join the company, including his twin sisters, brothers, and cousins.