Drumming and Dance Performance Troupe
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Drumming and Dance Performance Troupe
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Drumming and Dance Performance Troupe
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Drumming and Dance Performance Troupe
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Community
Performance
Troupe
Joyfully bringing people together through drumming and dance!
Since early 2024, King-Doumbya has been thrilled to perform at a variety of community events in Tucson and around southern Arizona.
Students in our drumming and dance classes are eligible to be considered to perform with us. Join a class to feel the thrill of sharing the magic!
Community event organizers are invited to reach out to us to discuss King-Doumbya performing at your upcoming event.
2025 Performances
Sahuarita Art on the Lake
UA Men's Basketball Halftime Show
St. Mark's UMC Concert Series
Copa Cultural Night Market
2024 Performances
Tucson Meet Yourself
Forgotten Children Fundraiser
Sonoran Cohousing Community Show
Cyclovita Holiday Festival
Far beyond watching a performance, a King-Doumbya Drumming Performance Troupe gives you an immersive experience that is viscerally transformative.
You'll feel a magical, healing joy bubbling in the beating, synchronous heart of the experience.
Join us in a kinetic, communal celebration of what it means to be human.
Grounded in joyous vibration, we find our deepest shared heritage, the earliest pulse of human expression and connection.
Every Beat Pulsing Through Your Body
Sending Waves of Energy and Excitement
a Thundering, Collective River of Sound
Your
Spirit
Soars
Pure Unfiltered Joy
The Rhythms Wrap Around You Like an Ancestral Heartbeat
You feel the Pulse of Aliveness.
Familiar, Free & Connected.
In joy.
King-Doumbya Dance & Drumming
Our Mission
Joy, Healing, and Unity Through the Music and Movement of Africa & Beyond!
Yarrow King and Lassina Doumbya formed King-Doumbya Drumming and Dance to share their passion for the music and dance of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Through spirited classes and performances, King-Doumbya Drumming & Dance brings people together to joyfully explore our connection to ourselves and to one another as we find beauty and healing in the present moment — through the vibration of music and the freedom of dance.
The meanings of the Adinkra symbols:
Odo Nnyew Fie Kwan — Those led by love always end up in the right place
Bese Saka — Abundance and plenty, togetherness and unity
Nea Onnim — The quest for life-long learning
Dweninmmen — Strength of mind, body, and soul, humility, wisdom, and learning
Fawohodie — Freedom, self-determination with personal responsibility
A Little About Us
Hi, I’m Yarrow King. Together with my husband, master drummer Lassina Doumbya, we’re passionate about sharing the pure joy of drumming that brings us together in unity & community.
Please join us at our next community performance! Hop on our mailing list below to be the first to hear about where we’ll be drumming next!
And we’d love to perform at your next community event!
Meet Lassina
"The joy of music and the healing vibrations of drums create beautiful magic. We feel the energy, making us present in the moment as we celebrate the connection and unity among our souls."
— Lassina
Lassina Doumbya was born and raised in Ivory Coast, West Africa. He has studied, taught, and performed in West Africa and the United States.
Drumming became his life’s passion as it helped him through difficult losses. His buoyant presence brings joy wherever he goes. He embodies celebration — lifting hearts, minds, and bodies through his masterful drumming and teaching.
Meet Yarrow
Heart-centered instruction, informed by 20+ years as a Licensed Massage Therapist, African diaspora dance teacher, and movement educator.
Fueled by compassion and curiosity, Yarrow has studied extensively, taught, and performed dance throughout the western United States, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Brazil. In her classes, she has helped thousands of people explore deep and joyful movement — from the core — so they can feel more alive, free, and connected.
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