page_title: Idrissa Camara
section_title: Performances
hierarchical_section_title: Idrissa Camara / Performances
caption_attribution_description: English: Idrissa Camara, artistic director of Ballet Nimba looks out at the crowd at the 2013 Festival Complet Mandeng in France
context_page_description: Idrissa Camara is a dancer and choreographer originating from Guinea in West Africa. He has made the UK his home and is founder and director of Ballet Nimba, an african dance theatre Company which he founded in 2010. Idrissa is also a music recording artist having produced an album Sogay with his company's musicians and more recently he has turned his hand to film making producing the short documentary Fare Ta.
  Ballet Nimba features traditional and contemporary West-African Dance and Music, with a strong presence in the Black Dance Sector. Idrissa Camara was named as one of the top 10 people to meet at the 2010 Decibel Performing Arts Showcase, Arts Council England's biggest bi-annual event promoting diversity and equality in the Arts. In 2013 Idrissa Camara was awarded a Trailblazer Fellowship from the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora. These 2013-14 trailblazer bursaries were given "in recognition of creative spark, ambition and leadership potential".
  In 2012 Ballet Nimba became recording artists with their first album "Saiyama", and performed on the world stage, headlining festivals in the UK and in Europe. Their album was digitally released in 2013.
context_section_description: Ballet Nimba are self-styled ambassadors for West African Art and culture in the UK. The artists are from several West African nations and they have performed all over the UK at festivals, art centres and rural touring venues, most significantly at London's Southbank Centre and WOMAD's UK festivals. Their performances incorporate acrobatic dancing, traditional musicians and drama. Productions are based on traditional mythology but performed by young contemporary artists with an original sound track.
caption: Idrissa Camara, artistic director of Ballet Nimba looks out at the crowd at the 2013 Festival Complet Mandeng in France
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