Cirque Kalabanté Comes to the Carolina Theatre on March 3, 2026

Tickets On Sale Now

DURHAM, NC — October 22, 2025 — Cirque Kalabanté will share the beauty, youth and artistry of African culture at the Carolina Theatre of Durham on March 3, 2026. Tickets are now on sale at the venue’s box office and online at www.carolinatheatre.org.

Cirque Kalabanté is a show by Yamoussa Bangoura, creator of Kalabanté Productions, and is inspired by the daily life in Guinea. A colorful show beyond its scenery, costumes and staging, it makes any theater 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.

Yamoussa Bangoura is a multidisciplinary artist of Guinean origin. His dream was to found a school of circus arts and to direct his own company specializing in the African arts. 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 2000s, 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. The company began doing shows in Quebec and, over the years, expanded to all of Canada and the USA, and now performs all over the world. In 2018, Kalabanté opened their own studio and school in Montreal, where they offer classes in African dance, cirque and drumming.

Kalabanté Productions is proud to be able to share their work, achievements, and skills to inspire others and to assist with the humanitarian mission to help the Guinean community from which Yamoussa and many of his company members come. Welcome to the universe of Kalabanté Productions and prepare for an unforgettable journey.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.carolinatheatre.org.

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About The Carolina Theatre of Durham: 

Carolina Theatre of Durham is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that manages the city-owned Carolina Theatre at 309 W. Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701. The Carolina Theatre of Durham is dedicated to presenting vibrant, thought-provoking film and live performances that contribute to the cultural and economic vitality of downtown Durham and the Triangle Region. Visit carolinatheatre.org for more information. 

Contact: Hanna Mercer
Senior Director of Marketing, Carolina Theatre of Durham
(919) 560-3040 | hanna@carolinatheatre.org