Heat One: Traditional, Episode 1
DANCE RITES 2020
Join us online this year for the heats and finals of the DANCE RITES competition. Witness the powerful coming together of traditional customs, language and contemporary culture, with First Nations dancers from around Australia.
Heat One is the Traditional Dance, revealing continuance of song cycles and language and age-old welcomes. Each heat will be broadcast in two parts.
Image credit: BKE Photography
Heat One: Traditional, Episode 1
Performers
DANCE RITES
A CELEBRATION OF FIRST NATIONS DANCE
Witness the powerful coming together of traditional customs, language and contemporary culture, with hundreds of First Nations dancers from around Australia.
As a result of nationwide measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the community, the 2020 festival will be presented as a digital event, broadcast for free on Sydney Opera House’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.