Idrissa Camara (dancer)

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.

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.

[3] They were asked to attend the Trac Cymru programme for International Development in 2013 and subsequently were successful in being picked for the WOMEX legacy tour for October 2013.

It had its North American Premiere at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival[5] where it won the award for Best Documentary Short.

Productions are based on traditional mythology but performed by young contemporary artists with an original sound track.

Performing with his company Ballet Nimba at the ADAD Bloom Festival 2013
Fare-Ta, a film by Idrissa Camara, wins Best Documentary Short at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival 2014
Idrissa Camara, artistic director of Ballet Nimba looks out at the crowd at the 2013 Festival Complet Mandeng in France
Sagatala looks at the socially constructed dominant masculine identity, juxtaposed with the individual's vulnerability. Danced and choreographed by Idrissa Camara and Oumar Almamy Camara