Programmes

Performances, workshops and participatory encounters for children, families, adults and seniors. Every programme can be adapted for kindergartens, schools, libraries, arts centres, festivals and care settings.

Calabash Tales

Storytelling · Live Music · Dance

A journey through story, rhythm and dance into the living tradition of the griot.

Solo Diarra and Sarjo Sankareh on stage beside a small tree, with children seated around them

Balafon and the Talking Tree

Storytelling · Live Music · Dance · Participation

A magical journey where children's rhythm, song and movement help a silent tree find its voice again.

Children and adults on cushions in front of the musicians and drums in a colourful room

Afro Drumming & Movement for Children

Rhythm · Music · Movement · Participation

A playful encounter with West African rhythm, instruments and movement, where children become part of the music.

Parents moving with their babies in a circle on a stage, with a theatre auditorium behind

BabyGroove

Music · Movement · Connection · First Encounters

A baby's first encounter with live music, shared through sound, movement and connection.

Pupils, teachers and musicians sitting in a circle around a green rug with drums

Sensorisk musikk

Sound · Rhythm · Movement · Presence

A sensory encounter with live music and movement, where every way of being present is a way of participating.

Solo Diarra smiling, leaning on a djembe with a calabash on his lap

Rhythm & Story

Music · Storytelling · Rhythm · Movement · Connection

Stories become songs, rhythms become movement, and music becomes a meeting place.

The artists and participants in matching T-shirts gathered behind a row of djembes in front of a colourful mural

Afro Drumming & Movement for Adults

Rhythm · Music · Voice · Movement · Community

Learn the rhythm. Feel it in the body. Find your place in the ensemble.

Families with young children sitting in a large circle on a theatre stage

Living African Culture

A Foli Arts residency across generations

Two days to one week of living African arts, moving through generations, spaces and communities.

The YIMENGA album cover: Solo Diarra smiling in black and white

Solo Diarra – YIMENGA

West African griot tradition · Nordic jazz · contemporary expression

A griot voice from Burkina Faso meets Nordic jazz in a live project about identity, belonging and being yourself.