WE RESPECT, WE CONNECT, WE DANCE, WE BELONG (WDWB): Kinship Doobai Dancers
ARTISTS: Kinship Doobai Dancers: Belle Budden, Lara Lei, Indira Arnold, Camille Noter, Kelly Knox, Teleshia Togo, Sherleyah Vale, Danni Dyall, Eve White, Kirrilly Saunders, Yamiee Turnbal Currie, Michelle Guthrie
LOCATIONS: Pottsville Community Hall, 1 Tweed Coast Road, Pottsville, NSW
+ Pottsville Beach Estuary (Sunset Performance)
WHEN: Saturday 27th June | 1pm - 5pm [Sunset]
TICKETS: See Below
WDWB is a public, participatory dance workshop and performance inviting audiences (mob and community members) to connect deeply with Country, kinship and spirit through movement.
These works share traditional and contemporary stories of Aboriginal women in relationship with Country.
WDWB supports cultural exchange, wellbeing and community connection through embodied practice on Bundjalung Country. Dancing on Country supports healing, strengthens relationships between people and place, and honours Aboriginal cultural knowledge systems that have sustained wellbeing for thousands of years. The project invites audiences in Pottsville and the wider Tweed Shire to participate in shared kinship and respect.
Day Schedule
12:00-4:00pm: First Nation Market Stalls | Pottsville Community Hall
1:00-3:00pm: Bunyarabugalma – Movement Workshop | Ambrose Brown Park
3:00-4:00pm: Smoking Ceremony | Ambrose Brown Park [Beach Access*]
4:00-5:00pm [Sunset]: Kinship Doobai Dancers | Beach Performance | Ambrose Brown Park [Beach Access*]
*This site is located along the creek and sandy landscape, allowing participants to move, gather and dance directly on Country, strengthening cultural connection, respect and embodied listening to place.
ARTIST BIO
Kinship Doobai Dancers (KDD) is an Aboriginal women- and girls-led dance collective spanning Tweed and Byron Shires. While the dancers have shared Cultural practice together for over a decade, KDD formally came together in 2023 to strengthen collective leadership, healing, and contemporary Cultural expression.
The troupe creates contemporary Aboriginal dance grounded in kinship, Country, and community wellbeing, providing a culturally safe space for women and girls to move, create, and lead. Monthly rehearsals develop original works that honour cultural practice and reflect their lived experiences, fostering strong cultural identity and intergenerational connection.
KDD has presented work at major cultural, arts, and community events including the Saltwater Freshwater Festival (2026), the SNAICC National Conference (2025), Art on Bundjalung Country (2024), the Prevention Not Detention Youth Justice Conference (2024), the Mother Spirit Womans Gathering (2023), and Splendour in the Grass (2023). They also regularly perform at local fundraisers, community events, and The Returning’s Culture Camps, maintaining strong connections across the Northern Rivers.
Emerging from the Kinship Festival and the Kids Caring for Country program, KDD was formed to empower Aboriginal women and girls to lead, heal, and continue Cultural practice through dance, strengthening connection to Country and each other.