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Sat 19 Oct 2024 - Sun 20 Oct 2024
DanceRites from the Sydney Opera House website
Come along to the Sydney Opera House Forecourt next weekend for a fabulous free performance of
DanceRites . DanceRites is a free festival of live dance, music and community that will take place at 2pm each day - the 19th and the 20th of October, and will celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. This is a free event, so there’s no need to register- simply turn up on the day!
DanceRites celebrates First Nations dance groups from all over Australia, continuing the tens of thousands of years that these traditions have taken place on Bennelong Point, known as Tubowgule to the traditional custodians.
In 2024, around 20 dance groups will come and perform at Tubowgule’s Sand Circle to showcase the richness and diversity of their cultures. You will get to see each group showcase their local languages and storytelling during the Cultural Dance and Song cycle.It’s also a little bit of a competition – the heats will take place on Saturday, with finals on Sunday. And what makes it more fun, some groups will perform a ‘Wild Card’ dance – where they can demonstrate their unique style.
So come and see the powerful coming together of traditional customs and contemporary culture in this epic performance with hundreds of First Nations dancers from over 40 nations and clans. If you can’t be there in person, you can catch the free livestream on the Sydney Opera House website or on NITV.
The program, taken from the Sydney Opera House website is as follows:
Saturday 19 October 2024
1:30 PM - Site Opens
2:00 PM - Welcome Ceremony
2:15 PM - Guest Dance Performance - Maruku Arts Dance Group
2:30 PM - DanceRites Heats (Cultural Dance & Song Cycle)
4:45 PM - Guest Dance Performance - Mui Mui Bumer Gedlam
5:00 PM - DanceRites Heats (Cultural Dance & Song Cycle)
6:45 PM - International Guest Dance Performance - Native Pride Productions
Sunday 20 October 2024
1:30 PM - Site Opens
2:00 PM - Wild Card Dance
5:00 PM - Guest Dance Performance - Maruku Arts Dance Group
5:15 PM - DanceRites Finals (Cultural Dance & Song Cycle)
7:00 PM - Guest Dance Performance - Mui Mui Bumer Gedlam
7:20 PM - Announcement of the Winners
7:40 PM - Closing Gathering
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