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Drum Circles - Percussions Listings - Regionals Dance & Drum Listings
Drum
Web site Links featuring...

  • African djembe drummers
  • Afro-Cuban Bata drummers
  • Congolese drumming
    & lots more...Plus...
  • Percussion Listings
  • Drum Circle websites
  • Dance Styles from around the world

See Below to look up classes and ethnic artists in
your Region of the country.


The Pacific Northwest
Northern California, Oregon & Washington State Dance Links
New York & East Coast
New York & East Coast Dance & Drumming
Southern California Dance
Southern California Dance Classes - Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County - Dance classes and events...
MIDDLE AMERICA DANCE LINKS
midwest percussion, united states dance, links to dancing sites in the midwest...
INTERNATIONAL DANCE Connections
International Dance - Oriental Dance Bellydance - World Flamenco
FLORIDA DANCE & MUSIC
Florida dance classes : dancing & music links from Florida and the Southern states of Texas : Alabama : Georgia : Mississippi : Arkansas : Tennessee & Virginia dance classes...




AFRICAN DRUMBEAT
This site is dedicated to West African drumming rhythms and percussion music from Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and particularly rhythms associated with Djembe, Sabar, and Kpanlogo drums. Can Download music. Really nice site.




AFRICAN MUSIC/DRUMMING
This is the LINKS PAGE from the Babatunde Olatunji website: olatunjimusic.com




ARTSLYNX INTERNATIONAL Dance Links
African & African American Dance resources plus much more...




BATA DRUMS . COM
A resource related to Bata drums and drumming from Cuba and Africa.
Features culture, dance, teachers, discussions, CDs & Videos - and more !





Shira's BELLYDANCE-MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE LINKS
One of the most incredible links page covering all aspects of Middle Eastern Dance in such catagories as Costuming, Musicians, News Articles, Culture & Mythology just to name a few! Check out Shira's Home Page for more about her classes and all about Bellydancing!




California "DAYs of PERCUSSION" Calendar
Percussive Arts Society calendar for events in California. See also their national website: www.pas.org




Common Vision's Dunun Village
This site focuses on environmental education and uses drumming and traditional arts to teach the interconnectedness of all things.



artwork by Mbembe Pangou
CONGO RHYTHMS !
All kinds of Congolese dance & drum related information, from classes & workshops, to Congo Camp in California and Maui, upcoming performances, bios on master teachers, and links connecting you to related sites.

(Check out the beautiful photo gallery.)






DRUMS.ORG
Links to drumming & percussion artists & resouces, etc.




DANCER.COM Dance Links
Many ethnic dance listings plus other dance resources.




DIRRID
Combines movement with the rhythm of percussion. Taught by Heidrun Hoffman.




DJEMBE WORLD
All about the Djembe Drum and how to play it and its history and origins. Located in the UK.




DOMU AFRICA
West African Dance & Music performing group showcasing traditional percussion and vocals from the Griot histories of Senegal, West Africa.












Don Davidson Drumming
Learn Drum music of the African Diaspora Ensemble setting from an excellent musician & great teacher.




Drum "N" dancE

Traditional and African Inspired rhythms and dances are taught in Classes, Workshops, and Retreats in a supportive and Respectful atmosphere in the Monterey Bay area.





DRUM CIRCLE FINDER
Drummer Jim Donovan's Website offers this drum circle locator. Just select a state and search the listings.




DRUMS ON THE WEB
This extensive site offers lots of links, drum circle connections, upcoming events, CDs, artist listings , a monthly email newsletter and lots more.




DRUM RING INTERNATIONAL
An on-line organization for professional drummers
and percussionists from around the world.




DRUMMING & PERCUSSION "WEB RING"
A friendly, grassroots drummer network with many listings - cool!




dmoz ETHNIC DANCE Listings
The dmoz Open Directory Project is a great search engine. Here are some more searches:

AFRICAN AFRICAN DANCE

FLAMENCO DANCE



BRAZILIAN DANCE

SALSA DANCE

ASIAN DANCE

HAWAIIAN DANCE

NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE

DANCE OF INDIA




Elbruz Caucasian Folk Dance Ensemble
World-Ethnic-Folk / Caucasian-Circassian dance & music from Ankara/Turkey (Originally Caucasia-Russia). Also: Adige/Adygei Dance & music.




FIREDANCE

FIREDANCE produces a non-denominational, multi-cultural spiritual gathering called the FIREDANCE FESTIVAL, a week-long event held amongst the Redwoods in the Santa Cruz mountains of Northern California where the community joins together to celebrate drumming, dancing, and singing through workshops and performances during the day & co-created rituals at night around a sacred fire.




Ghana Music & Dance: Dagara Bewaa African Culture Group
Website for Bernard Woma and the Dagara Bewaa Culture Group. Check out Slide Show & Video. They have a Study in Africa program.




Jim Greiner's HANDS ON! Drumming
Ice-breaking* Team-building* Motivating* Celebrating for Corporations* Conferences* Communities through hand-drumming circles. Located in Santa Cruz, California.




GOTA DE FUEGO FLAMENCO
GOTA DE FUEGO is an international group under the musical direction of Rüdiger Zietz. They are located in HamburgThe flexible flamenco constellation consists of voice, dance, guitars, percussion and saxophone.

Site offers English/Spanish & German translations.




HULA DANCE SCHOOLS
Find teachers, schools, and info on Hawaiian Dance. Plus More !




INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE RESOURCE GUIDE
People all over the world are archiving their heritages, and this Resource Guide is intended to take you on a whirlwind tour.




KING MARONG
West African drumming in Australia...get connected Down Under. Offers a tour to Gambia as well as workshops.




MBIRA Percussion
MBIRA is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to educate the public regarding traditional Shona music of Zimbabwe, including mbira music, and to develop a library of recordings to preserve that music.




MBONGI VILLAGE
Home of the Mbongi Dance Theater Project & Online Center for Congolese Culture. Founded by Titos Sompa.




Morris on the Web
Morris Dance is a traditional folk dance originating around Oxford, England in the 19th century.




PULSEWAVE PERCUSSION
The drummimg and percussion arts of KIM ATKINSON of Sebastipol, California.




REMO HealthRHYTHMS
This section of drum retailer REMO's website has great info on how good it is for you to drum !




Layne Redmond - Frame Drum Traditions
As an author, recording artist, and drum instructor - she is passionate about the frame drum, the music of ecstasy, and the recovery of women's role as percussionist priestesses to the Divine Mother."




TAM TAM MANDINGUE/Santa Cruz
A local school of traditional West African drumming started by Mamady Kieta in 1991.




The Glen Velez Website
Glen Velez is an internationally recognized frame drummer, composer, scholar, and teacher. Velez has created his own musical style inspired by both Western percussion and frame drum performance styles from around the world.










Master Yaya Diallo
African Drumming & Dancing teacher from Mali West, Africa. Gives workshops and lectures on African Wisdom Teachings. Author of THE HEALING DRUM and has several CD's on the market.




VILLAGE DRUMMING
Arthur Hull's Village Drumming Site from Santa Cruz, CA



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