LAVA presents Kinship Doobai Dancers (WDWB)

Join us for the day with:

Kinship Doobai Dancers: Presenting new work - WE RESPECT, WE CONNECT, WE DANCE, WE BELONG (WDWB)

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*] 

Part of this event is outdoors:

BYO Beach Chair, Blanket, Torch and Umbrella/Raincoat (optional)

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.

Learn More: www.lava-arts.com.au