Cultural Arts Centre (Tumaini University Makumira)

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The Cultural Arts Centre is a thriving centre of music and dancing, both traditional and contemporary, in the Arusha area. It is located behind Tumaini University in Makumira. The CAC mission is to provide a safe space for learning, creating, doing and sharing the arts.

CAC resident dancer/musicians have given over 650 performances to date (Jan 2023) on and off campus for various public and private functions, and at local, national and international levels. They draw on their various ethnic backgrounds, training, and experiences to create high-energy performances that feature many different types of music and dance from Tanzania, including traditional dances, newly created dances, and music pieces that fuse traditional and modern ideas.

The CAC troupe routinely welcomes Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ambassadors, and other members of ministries. Highlights include representing Tanzania at Sauti za Busara in Zanzibar in 2017 and 2018, DOADOA East African Performers Market in Kampala in 2016 and 2019, and JAMAFEST Celebrating East African Culture in Nairobi in 2015 plus many local festivals in Tanzania..

We have also performed at various tourism events, including Karibu/KiliFair (450 tourism exhibitors), and SITE (Swahili International Tourism Exhibition) in Dar es Salaam, plus other events for Tanzania Tourist Board and the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators.

We completed construction on 4 buildings in 2017 including a 435-seat performance space (with grand piano) and dressing rooms, conference hall with catering facilities, a dance studio with a sprung dance floor, cultural exhibits and office space. In the Traditional Village local groups have constructed Maasai, Arusha and Meru bomas.

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Thanks to a Capacity Building Grant from Music In Africa Live, we are offering Artist Professional Skills Development training workshops in-person and virtually. The next training is 22-25 Nov. Get ZOOM link from our website or social media. Welcome!

CAC Promo Video HD 720
2020CAC PROMO NEW
CAC Fusion 2018 Promo

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Naukala Fusion Song
CAC PROMO 2021
Doa Doa
Mdundiko
Mpemba
Afrika
Ngoma Zetu
2020CAC PROMO NEW
Welcome back to CAC
Primary schools Dance Competition 2019
Secondary school Dance Competition 2018
Outreach Program at St.Constantine’s International School 2017
CAC AND KARIBUKILLFAIR 2019
CAC DANCE, DRUMMING AND DRUM MAKING WORKSHOP 2018
Dance Camp 2018
CAC FUSION
Bhusambere dance
Come and dance with us
CAC for SB
Juma Nkwabi
CAC Fusion
CAC Fusion 2018 Promo
International Jazz Day 2
International Jazz Day 1
CAC Promo 2017
CAC Promo 2016
2017 Sauti za Busara Zanzibar Highlights
Cultural Arts Centre (CAC) Fusion Sampler
CAC Demo Video with Subtitles
CAC Tanzanian Dances Mix
CAC Dancers performing "Mwali" - Tanzanian Dance Drama
CAC Dancers performing at the new CAC grounds
CAC dancers performing Ngokwa dance
Introducting Cultural Arts Centre Project at Tumaini University Makumira
CAC Outreach at Uraki Secondary School
CAC artistes teaching a dance at Uraki Secondary School
CAC band performing at an event at Mount Meru Hotel, Arusha
CAC artistes making a new drum during a drum-making workshop
Laying of foundation stone of the Cultural Arts Centre at Tumaini University Makumira
Lighting Installation in the Tumaini University Makumira Multi-Purpose Hall
Wagogo dance being performed during the official inauguration of CAC Project
CAC Dancers doing Contemporary Dance
Some CAC performers doing a song titled "Amani"
CAC Dancers performing a dance fusion during the inauguration of the CAC project
CAC dancers doing a Wagogo dance
CAC Promo Video HD 720

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