nganyarrena - movement artist and dancer
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'Nganyarrena murrboala' on Wadawurrung Country
© Thaedra
Djikana, Kurradbanga Dhudhuroa, 'Nganyarrena'
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Sunrise, Wadawurrung Country, Dancing with Seaweed
© Thaedra Frangos and Ferne Millen Photography
'I dance to the rhythm of the southern winds'
Thaedra, Doorangwar, Wadawurrung Country
Photo Credit: Little Black Rabbit Photography
Photo credit: Rory Daniel. Sculptural art: Pattie Beerens, Gadubanud Country
Photo credit: Rory Daniel. Sculptural art: Pattie Beerens, Gadubanud Country
Photo credit: Judy Frangos. Sculptural art: Pattie Beerens Gadubanud Country
Artist Statement - Thaedra Frangos
In my life journey and as a creative movement artist, dancer and Warrawi healer, I am inspired by how the story of our lives and that of our Ancestors is woven into our connective tissue and into the landscape. We are literally shaped by our experiences and by those who have gone before us.
Being on Country, inviting, listening and relating. Present and Ancestral stories are shared within body and Country. We are the earth.
Bare feet, grounded. Feeling, sensing, communicating.
Within this intimate, fluid relationship, emerges a ritual, a dance, a ceremony.
Potency of healing awakens. Tensions and patterns unravel and reorganise.
Stories are retold and reimagined.
Presence is felt within a wholeness of being that we know as our truth.
I honour the wisdom of my maternal lineage from the Dhudhuroa and Wamba Wemba (Gourrmjanyuk) People and my paternal lineage from Mytikas, Greece.
I honour the wisdom of the Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging as the Custodians of the unceded lands of the Wadawurrung People where I am at home.
For performance, workshop and collaboration enquiries contact Thaedra.
All words, images and content © Thaedra Frangos 2025