ABOUT US, UDB

Ugandan Dancers is a traditional group that performs different traditional dances and music from uganda. It is composed of 2 dancers from Uganda and 2 proffessional drummers from  Europe. There are always two permanent dancers (Amutuhaire Joseline and Katushabe Immerculate) from Uganda and one 2 permanent drummers  from Europe (Tomas Ondrusek and martin hybner). However every year we have guest dancers who travel all the way from Uganda to Europe to do different perfomances with this group and that is Amunsimiire Charity. The group is based in czech republic and has another sit in Germany. This group started slowly since 2008 when Amutuhaire Joseline was visiting Europe the first time. The impression Joseline got while in europe especially in the czech republic was that there is no Ugandan music. There was lots of music and music groups from west africa but non from east africa and this made her angree. When she finally decided to settle in europe at the end of 2008, she decided together with her husband Tomas Ondrusek to start performing Ugandan music. The very first dance she was eager to bring around was the Lukeme dance or pot dance from Northern Uganda from Acholi tribe. This made her the first pot dancer in the Czech republic and for sure if not in the whole europe, atleast in the biggest part of Europe as well. Later she started to do Kiga dance from western uganda from the kiga tribe, this gave her a big credit, later she started to do Ekitaguriro from Ankole tribe, then Amaganda dance from Ganda tribe, she did not stop on only dancing but also on singing Ugandan folk songs and drumming the Ugandan drums. She later started to play enanga, it is a kind of a herp from the western part of Uganda, from Kiga tribe. The performances are also characterised by telling stories about the back ground of the music and dances, then okwevuga (something like toungue twisting) and making jokes with people. Amutuhaire did not stop there but also brought head drumming to the heart of europe. As if that was not enough Ugandan dancers also brought ugandan amadinda instrument playing it using interlocking style. Another beautiful instrument from Ugandan dancers is Akakyenkye, a small intrument that starts the music, spices up the music  and ends the music woh. The Main drummer in the group is proffessor Ondrusek Tomas who is the percussion proffesor at AMU prague and has very big knowlegde with African drumming. UGANDAN DANCERS as a group has performed in different countries in Europe, in the Czech Republic, in Poland, Switizerland, Bosinia, Slovakia, croatia, Germany and middle november to 4th december 2012 they are invited to perform in Russia, in St. pittersburg and Moscow. come stay tuned to ugandan dancers and live a happy life. Ugandan Dancers, entertainment your way..