Owners of Olatunji Hall, Gordy Onayemi Ryan and Zoë Ryan are core members of the Olatunji Drums of Passion, and have performed extensively with Babatunde Olatunji. Gordy is a master djembe carver and instrument maker, and his given Yoruba name means “breathes and understands art”. Zoë Ryan has journeyed deep into modern, shamanic, and West African dance, and also also trained at the Rudolph Laban Centre in London and with Gabrielle Roth of 5Rhythms. See Gordy and Zoë 's Hollyhock program: Song of the Drum, Dance of Life.