Outreach

Batalo East piloted work with prison outreach programming in Uganda in Lira, in coordination with the Lira Peace and Justice Commission.

Batalo East sees outreach work as a complementary and value-added role — collaborating closely with existing youth-focused outreach initiatives to strengthen and enrich their activities, whether through presenting dance and hip hop theatre as a method of storytelling, or introducing traditional-meets-urban activities to challenge young people's interpretation of the role of traditional art in their lives and personal development.

Sisobola Kusa

Sisobola kusa is a Luganda phrase meaning "I can't breathe." The piece was created to reflect the struggles and trials a common man goes through in day-to-day life.

A 30-minute collaborative contemporary art and dance piece featuring Batalo East, it takes the form of an installation using discarded plastic bottles to reflect what people living in poverty experience.