Midsumma 2025: CODED at Abbotsford Convent

Amelia Jean O’Leary’s latest dance creation, CODED, offers an intimate and powerful exploration of First Nations femme queer identities, exploring themes of personified queerness within landscape and culture. Featuring three dynamic new works, CODED brings together a talented ensemble of dancers, including Emily Earther, Carmen Yih, Wendy Feng, and O’Leary herself, for an evening of storytelling through contemporary dance.

The works, Ngambaa (Mother in Gamilaaraay), Winangaylanha ngaya nginunha (I love you in Gamilaraay), and CODED, will be accompanied by the evocative choreography and soundscape of O’Leary, who draws from her cultural heritage to craft an experience that is as visually arresting as it is thought-provoking. The dance works challenge ideas of belonging and identity in a world where queerness is often marked as other.