• Innovation in the arts

  • Presenting creative works

  • Education & Job Creation

  • Culture Preservation

  • Kuhamahama

Welcome to Batalo East

Batalo East was formed to link and strengthen the traditional and urban arts together – to encourage innovation in the arts, preservation of culture, and ultimately, the development of young people

who have strong roots in their home culture, a sense of identity and place, but who are also equipped with skills and confidence to engage and contribute to an increasingly internationalized and borderless world.

Batalo Dance Fest 2023

Activities

Batalo East Dance Fest is an annual event celebrating the fusion of traditional and ...
BEA is an annual, intensive five-day series of master classes facilitated by both local and...
Batalo East annually produces a series of short and full length shows reaching the theatre ...
Dance Lab and Conversations. Is a higher-level policy, advocacy and management discus...
An up cycling social entrepreneurship project that helps finance and sustain Batalo ...
This is a theatrical form that take in hip hop and traditional styles to talk about is ...
Batalo East turns up the volume in Kampala the last Saturday of every month at the ...
Regional Young Dancer Exchange: Bringing promising dancers from the Congo, Kenya, ...
Batalo East piloted work with prison outreach programming in Uganda in Lira, in coord...
The Eq.uat.ion: “Traditional Meets Urban” Monthly Dance workshops.
Kuhamahama Arts Movement Bridges Tradition and Urban in Kaberamaido District.

Since 2012, Batalo East has been at the forefront of a unique initiative that marries the rich traditional dances of Uganda with contemporary urban dance styles. The Equation, a monthly

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September 11, 2020

Kaberamaido, Eastern Uganda – In a groundbreaking initiative, Batalo East has embarked on a mission to fuse traditional Kumam culture with contemporary urban arts in Kaberamaido District. The project, themed

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September 11, 2020

Our Partners

Batalo East benefits from a cross-sectoral group of individuals who believe in and support the work of Batalo East.

Sponsors

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