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Cirque Kalabant\u00e9’s\u00a0Afrique en Cirque\u00a0celebrates contemporary African cirque at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 8 p.m. Created and directed by Guinean-born multidisciplinary artist and former Cirque du Soleil<\/a> performer Yamoussa Bangoura, the\u00a0Afrique en Cirque\u00a0is inspired by daily life in Guinea. Featuring gravity-defying acrobatics and human pyramids, all set to live Afro-jazz, percussion, and kora,\u00a0Afrique en Cirque\u00a0vividly communicates the strength, agility, and communal traditions of West African culture in a performance for all ages.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad NEW! Los Angeles Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n Kalabant\u00e9 Productions has toured extensively across Canada, the United States, and internationally. Their appearance at the Carpenter Center offers SoCal audiences an electrifying evening of acrobatics, music, and cultural storytelling. Tickets to see Cirque Kalabant\u00e9 start at $43.75. Families save with a\u00a0buy three, get one free\u00a0offer at online checkout with code FAMILY4PACK.<\/p>\n Yamoussa\u00a0Bangoura began studying circus arts in the 1990s in Conakry, Guinea, drawing inspiration from European circus broadcasts and training independently on local beaches and open spaces. He also studied the Nyamakala tradition of circus practiced by the Fula people of West Africa and later joined Guinea’s original circus company, Circus Baobab, touring Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n