Dharriwaa Yulugi (Dance for All in Gamilarraay language)is an innovative Queer First Nations lead contemporary dance company formed by Gamilaroi First Nations Queer artist Amelia Jean O’Leary. Amelia utilises theatre, dance, writing, sound and film to alchemise her diverse ensemble’s response to the increasing pressure to function and produce in a failing society. The company seeks original expressions that refuse the silent lack of care for their existence – a healthy prosperity of storytelling and dance that hopes to shift perspectives and create softness.
O’Leary welcomes the audience into her creative space as she gives an inside glimpse of her most recent creative projects. Three fifteen minute new First Nations femme queer contemporary dance works, choreographed by O’Leary, Including Ngambaa (Mother in Gamilaaraay), a trio; Winangaylanha ngaya nginunha (I love you in Gamilaraay) a group work and CODED a duet that explores the embedding of queerness within landscapes in fear of personification of physicalized queerness.
This was performed in January 2025 at the Abbostford Convent for Midsumma, inviting O’Leary’s communities into an intimate and inspiring space of queer blak dance.
