Dance Rites: Meet the Dancers
Sydney Opera House, Warrane, Gadigal Country, 2018 and 2019
Talanoa
Director/Producer/Editor: Emele Ugavule
Director of Photography: Langston Palmer
Dance Groups interviewed: Buuja Buuja, Djirri Djirri, Duurunu Miru, Eip Karem Beizam, Jumbaal Dreaming, Meuram, Ngaran Ngaran, Nunukul Yuggera, Of Desert and Sea, Pakana Kanaplila, Urab Dancers, Wagana Dancers
Director’s Attachments: Majeda Beatty and Taofia Pelesasa
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website contains images and names of persons that may be deceased.
DanceRites continues the traditions that have taken place over tens of thousands of years on Bennelong Point, known to its traditional custodians as Tubowgule.
Each group will showcase their local storytelling and language in the Cultural Dance and Song cycle, competing in heats on Saturday and finals on Sunday, with many groups also performing an optional ‘Wild Card’ dance to demonstrate their unique style.
In 2018, Talanoa interviewed all of the Dance Rites groups about their dance groups and their journey to Dance Rites. We produced p short videos highlighting the finalists and overall winners stories for Sydney Opera House’s Facebook, Instagram and Youtube, ranking as the post with the highest engagement for Sydney Opera House in 2018.
In 2019 we returned to capture archival footage of Dance Rites.
