Dance Groups

Aliwah Cultural Enterprise
Aliwah Cultural Enterprise
Barkintji dancers
Barkintji Baaka Dance Group
Burrundi theatre dancers
Burrundi Theatre Dancers
Buuja Buuja Butterfly dancers
Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers
Gamay Dancers
Gamay Dancers
Gumaraa Dance Troupe
Gumaraa Dance Troupe
Marra-Wanggan Dancers
Marra-Wanggan Dancers
Mui Mui
Mui Mui Bumer Gedlam
Ngully Dance Group
Ngully Marach
Tjapukai Dance Group
Djabuguy Dance Group
Wanggaliyn Barrayga
Wanggaliyn Barrayga
Winanga-y Dreaming
Winanga-y Dreaming
Aaliyah Bradbury
Aaliyah Bradbury (MC at the Corroboree Ground)

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Aliwah Cultural Enterprise

Aliwah Cultural Enterprise

Aliwah Cultural Enterprise is a proud Aboriginal-led group dedicated to preserving and sharing traditional Noongar culture through dance, song, and storytelling. Our performances celebrate the strength and beauty of Aboriginal identity, connecting audiences to Country and culture. We work across schools, festivals, and community events, empowering young people through cultural expression and education.

Burrundi theatre dancers

Burrundi Theatre Dancers

Burrundi Theatre for Performing Arts, founded in 2020, is a grassroots Gadigal and Yiradyuri (Wiradjuri) company founded and led by Kerry Johnson. Burrundi creates bold contemporary and traditional works that revitalise and celebrate culture across New South Wales. Guided by the principles of self-determination, Burrundi empowers artists and builds career pathways in the performing arts. Our mission is to strengthen our community through identity and connect communities through creativity and performance.

Buuja Buuja Butterfly dancers

Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers

Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers is led by Wiradjuri & Yorta Yorta woman Rayma Johnson. The dance group was established in 2013, to honour the legacy and memory of her daughter, Rininya Johnson. Grounded in culture, family, and community, the group embodies the spirit of strength, healing, and continuity through dance.


For over a decade, Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers have delivered and performed countless workshops and cultural presentations across schools, festivals, and community events. Sharing stories, language, and movement that inspire and connect people of all backgrounds.
Their performances have graced many significant stages and ceremonies, including the Barangaroo Morning Ceremonies on 26 January, Yabun Festival, NAIDOC, Reconciliation, DCJ NSW, Water NSW, Sydney VIVID, Sydney Opera House concerts and Supply nations among many others.


Through this intergenerational dance company, Rayma continues to teach, choreograph, and celebrate the strength, beauty, and resilience of Wiradjuri culture. With her daughter Rikarli and granddaughter Marayah by her side, Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers carry forward a legacy of cultural pride, storytelling, and empowerment.


Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers continue to share and spread culture across communities—uplifting hearts, inspiring young people, and keeping the flame of Wiradjuri song and dance alive for future generations. “Culture is our strength, our way, our story.”

Gamay Dancers

Gamay Dancers

The Gamay Dancers are a group of dancers with a traditional connection to Coastal Sydney. They perform dances that relate to Coastal Sydney and Botany Bay that have a significance meaning throughout Dharawal country.

Gumaraa Dance Troupe

Gumaraa Dance Troupe

Experience the spirit of the world’s oldest living culture with the Gumaraa Aboriginal Dance Group. Proudly representing the Dharawal and Yuin Nations, Gumaraa brings culture to life through vibrant dance, song, and storytelling. Each performance shares ancient stories of Country, connection, and community, offering audiences a powerful and authentic glimpse into Aboriginal heritage. From festivals and corporate events to schools and cultural celebrations, Gumaraa delivers unforgettable performances that educate, inspire, and celebrate First Nations culture.

Marra-Wanggan Dancers

Marra-Wanggan Dancers

The Marra-Wanggan Dancers are an all women’s dance group from the Yuin Nation. The group was formed in 2024 by Ashweeni Mason (Yuin, Dharawal, Monaroo, Gunai Kurnai) & Emma Stewart (Bijigal, Gweagal, Dhurag, Dharawal, Yuin).

Marra-Wanggan means Mermaid in the Dhurga language. The group consists of 15 young ladies & women, dedicated to reviving traditional song, dance & language, while creating new songs & dances to honour old stories. The women sing in 3 traditional languages, Dhurga, Djiringanj & Dharawal, covering all regions in Yuin Country.

Marra-Wanggan Dancers are known for their one of a kind wearable art pieces, made from bird feathers, shells, tree barks, grasses, nuts.

Marra-Wanggan focuses on building strong cultural identities within our Wanggans (Young Women) while introducing them to the ways of their old people.

Mui Mui

Mui Mui Bumer Gedlam

Mui Mui Bumer Gedlam Dance Group are a family dance group based in NSW. The Group perform traditional and contemporary Torres Strait Island dances from the Eastern Islands. Their members range from Children through to adults, male and female and have extensive live Dance and singing performance experience.

The group has several Cultural workshop facilitators included in it that teach throughout Schools, festivals, and corporate workplaces regularly.

Winanga-y Dreaming

Winanga-y Dreaming

Our dance group perform a range of traditional and contemporary dances. We have performed for a range of clients including The University of Newcastle, National Rugby League (NRL) & NRL All Stars events & Indigenous Rounds, NSW Health, Hunter Primary Health Care, Aboriginal Land Councils, NAIDOC Week Balls, Newcastle NAIDOC Day celebration and Ball, International travelling / visitors, Cruise ships and many more.
Our group are passionate about connecting to the ancestors and telling stories through dance. Proud bloodlines and connection to many countries but based on Awabakal lands of Newcastle NSW.

Tjapukai Dance Group

Djabuguy Dance Group

We are the Djabuguy Dance Group from Kuranda far north Queensland Cairns.

Showcasing our traditional music, song and dance from the rainforest region and dance and language that’s been passed down from our elders before us, and now to the next generation and further generation.

Wanggaliyn Barrayga

Wanggaliyn Barrayga

Wanggaliyn Barrayga, meaning “Dancing on Country”, is a vibrant collective of dancers who come together to celebrate, preserve, and share the living traditions of our ancestral lands. Our dance group represents many clans, we are united in passion for storytelling through movement, song, and ceremony.

Through traditional dance and stories passed down through generations, Wanggaliyn Barrayga connects audiences to share cultural knowledge, spirit, and identity. Our performances are a powerful expression of connection to Country, honouring the old ways while inspiring all generations to continue cultural practices with pride and strength.

Aaliyah Bradbury

Aaliyah Bradbury

Aaliyah Jade Bradbury a proud indigenous woman from both the Larrakia Nation and the Eastern Torres Strait Islands, she has a passion for the creative landscape of Australia.

She is first Indigenous Australian to win an International Emmy Award.