Decked up in a bright Aztec-print costume, Kero Davila arches her body forward and moves powerfully to the rustic rhythms of the djembe in a video posted on the website of Drum Art, a West African dance and drumming organisation in Mexico, where she teaches West African dance. An instructor since eight years, Davila studied the form from a host of dancers from the West African country of Guinea-Conakry, that is the source of the Mandingue (an ethnic group of West Africa) dance culture. This weekend, she will introduce city crowds to the dramatic and expressive dance form at a workshop in Sion. Presented by Taal Inc, the workshop also features drummer Varun Venkit, a certified djembe professor and student of the African djembe grandmaster Mamady Keita, who will play the instrument to provide rhythms for the dance.

Varun Venkit plays the djembe