• Innovation in the arts

  • Presenting creative works

  • Education & Job Creation

  • Culture Preservation

  • Kuhamahama

Welcome to Batalo East

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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.

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Batalo Dance Fest 2024

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Activities

BATALO DANCE FESTIVAL

Batalo East Dance Fest is an annual event celebrating the fusion of traditional and ...

BATALO EAST ACADEMY

BEA is an annual, intensive five-day series of master classes facilitated by both local and...

DANCE THEATRE PRODUCTION

Batalo East annually produces a series of short and full length shows reaching the theatre ...

DANCE LAB

Dance Lab and Conversations. Is a higher-level policy, advocacy and management discus...

URBAN MARKET

An up cycling social entrepreneurship project that helps finance and sustain Batalo ...

DANCE THEATRE NIGHT

This is a theatrical form that take in hip hop and traditional styles to talk about is ...

THE EQUATION /JAMS

Batalo East turns up the volume in Kampala the last Saturday of every month at the ...

WORKSHOPS /EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Regional Young Dancer Exchange: Bringing promising dancers from the Congo, Kenya, ...

OUT REACH

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

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