ATELIER OF RHYTHMS - workshop
The Atelier of rhythms is a permanent workshop on rhythms, mainly from West Africa.
Through its activities focused on music, songs and some dances, it creates a space for learning rhythms through a methodology that privileges oral communication and the taking place of rituals.
Each rhythm of the African tradition is an open window for the knowledge of the African culture in a broader sense, when it is deeply linked to the fundamental moments of the organization of the society: baptisms, weddings, festivals, rituals of foundation of a village, rituals that accompany the cycle of the seasons in agriculture.
FOR ADULTS
Let yourself be immersed in the rhythms of West Africa with the musician Griot Zouratié Koné!
The Burkinabè Zouratié Koné is a master percussionist from a family of Griots (traditional healing artists) who master several instruments of West African tradition (djembé, tama, longa, ngoni, kora, balafon).
Issued from an oral tradition, this outstanding musician knows hundreds of different rhythms from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Guinea, etc. as well as many songs.
During the workshop you will have the opportunity to understand and use different traditional African rhythms and harmonies that you can reproduce on your own instruments, as well as learn to play traditional instruments (you will have djembe, tama, longa, ngoni, kora, balafon available during the classes).
• How it works: once a week
• How many participants: MAX 10 adults per atelier
• Where: Rue de Lenglentier 20 – 1000 Bruxelles
• Price: 80,00 per month (or 210,00 per trimester)
ALL LEVELS ACCEPTED
PLAY WITH RHYTHMS! (for KIDS)
Come playing along with the rhythms of West Africa with the burkinabe musician Griot Zouratié Koné!!
The method of the Atelier privileges transmission via orality and the setting up of “ritual” moments.
Each session will last 1h15 and will be conducted by Zouratié in the form of a jam of collective creation, leading up to the structuring of a final work.
Zouratié is a master percussionist from a family of Griots (traditional healing artists) who masters several instruments of West African tradition (djembé, tama, longa, ngoni, kora, balafon). Issued from an oral tradition, he knows hundreds of different rhythms from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Guinea, etc. as well as many songs.
How it works: once a week
How many participants: MAX 10
Where: Chaussée de Bondael 581 – 1050 Ixelles
Price: 60,00 per month