CODED: A NIGHT OF QUEER STORYTELLING Performed in the Oratory at The Abbotsford Convent as part of Midsumma Festival January 2025.

Amelia Jean O’Leary welcomed the audience into her creative space as the gave an inside glimpse of her most recent creative projects. 

She presented three fifteen minute new First Nations femme queer contemporary dance works, choreographed by herself, Including Ngambaa (Mother in Gamilaaraay), a trio; Winangaylanha ngaya nginunha (I love you in Gamilaraay) a group work and CODED a duet that explores the embedding of queerness within landscapes in fear of personification of physicalised queerness.

CAST and CREW

Dancers:  Emily Earther, Carmen Yih, Wendy Feng, Keia McGrady, Amelia J O'Leary & Cora Hughes

Lighting Designer:  Giovanna Yate Gonzalez Production and Stage Manager: Georgie Bright

Choreography and Sound: Amelia J O'Leary

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Supported by City of Yarra Annual Arts Grant

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TRAILERS FROM CODED: A NIGHT OF QUEER STORYTELLING

CODED 2025



Ngambaa ‘Mother’



Winangaylanha nagoya nginuha ‘I Love You’