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| Proud Dunghutti-Gomeroi |
Professional Dancer, Actress & Creative
Projects✨
•Garabari - Joel Bray Dance
•Knee High Spies- ABC Kids
•Goolagong- ABC

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

• RECLAMATION •

@first.nations.fashion.design

ok so… I WALKED A RUNWAY. 👁️👄👁️

Three looks. Full presence. Absolute Spirit.

Being in a room full of the most electric, powerful mob does something to your SOUL. I am leaving this project fully, dangerously ACTIVATED and ready to create.

Thank you @gracelillianlee @first.nations.fashion.design @theperrymooney and @balaluke for lighting something in me that is absolutely NOT going out. 🙏🏾✨

We eat. We create. We UP. 🖤

Photography @lucasdawsonphotography & @wendellt

Credits
@first.nations.fashion.design
@theperrymooney (model mentor and manager)
@balaluke (movement director)
@isabellaschimid (makeup director)
@theordinary (skincare sponsor)
@merit (makeup sponsor)
@darrensummors (hair director)
@avedaaustralia (hair sponsor)
@hanniecooper (stylist director)
@koby.dulac (stylist assistant)
@indiemai_(styling mentoree)
@sewnbymob (styling mentoree)
@russhmagazine (creative partners)
@artspacesydney (location)
@daziethelabel via @theiconicau (footwear)
@mf_pr (PR) taken in Artspace Sydney by @zoebrownholten

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5 months ago

RECLAMATION

@first.nations.fashion.design

I am deeply, spiritually, unapologetically empowered. Walking and Dancing this runway not just as a model, but as a living testament. Draped in the breathtaking @gracelillianlee pieces, every step I took carried the weight of ancestry and the electricity of destiny.

To be invited into this sacred, electric space is an honour that moves beyond words. Here, we do not simply walk, we proclaim. We exchange Blak joy in its fullest radiance, Blak Creation in its most unapologetic form, Blak Stories that have always deserved centre stage, and Blak voices that will no longer be whispered.

This is not a trend.

This is not a moment.

This is a MOVEMENT — no, more than that —
This is a STATEMENT carved into history.

And we are only just beginning.
period.

Photography @lucasdawsonphotography & @wendellt

Credits
@first.nations.fashion.design
@theperrymooney (model mentor and manager)
@balaluke (movement director)
@isabellaschimid (makeup director)
@theordinary (skincare sponsor)
@merit (makeup sponsor)
@darrensummors (hair director)
@avedaaustralia (hair sponsor)
@hanniecooper (stylist director)
@koby.dulac (stylist assistant)
@indiemai_(styling mentoree)
@sewnbymob (styling mentoree)
@russhmagazine (creative partners)
@artspacesydney (location)
@daziethelabel via @theiconicau (footwear)
@mf_pr (PR) by @zoebrownholten

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5 months ago

Honestly, just so grateful.

To have been given the opportunity to choreograph this spirit-filled Contemporary duo in front of 78,000+, created in a WEEK no less, is an astounding achievement 🥹

@kil.a.king , thank you for bringing so much light to this creation. Your offers in the space made it what it was!

@jemcassardaley , congratulations beautiful. What an honour to tell your story through movement and spirit.

To @djirridjirri , sharing that stage with you was truly special. Thank you.

And to @mushroomevents @mushroomcreative , @yvettelee_ & @harapapoulias , thank you for trusting me with something this beautiful. It meant everything! eeeeek ✨ taken in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by @zoebrownholten

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5 months ago

Introducing our new addition to the fams! 🛶 🤎

Meet Gurrong (canoe in Boonwurrung) thanks to @spdesigned @millowldreaming_ 👏🏽

Special thanks to @vca.dance for today’s rehearsal space on Yalukit Willam Country 👣 by @zoebrownholten

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My heart is full.

Love my family, Love my people, Love Country.

There’s nothing more special than spending time with country and seeing all of her amazing stories and intricacies.

So fortunate in this life, remember to pause and listen, they will reveal what you need to see xx

(there were so many photos!! 🤩) taken in Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory by @zoebrownholten

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4 months ago

GARABARI
A Wiradjuri Story: The Making of the Murrumbidgee River

Through its many iterations on tour this year, this marked the biggest audience yet.
We had a week to pull this all together and what a powerful team to make it all happen!

In honour of Uncle James Ingram the Custodian of this Story

Director/Choreographer: @joelbraydance
Performers:
@cheekychandler_
@balaluke
@nadiyahiman
@doylekiarn
@zoebrownholten
@liv_adamsss_
@glor._.y
@siobhan_mckennna
@karliamay_
Lighting: @katiesfet
Screen & Video Production: @_nonstudio

For the people & Sydney Festival January 2026 taken in Opera House, Sydney - Bennelong Point, NSW by @zoebrownholten

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5 months ago

Rehearsal footage: Dreamtime @ The G Choreography taken in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by @zoebrownholten

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Rehearsal footage : Dreamtime @ the G ✨🫶🏽 taken in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by @zoebrownholten

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GARABARI
This is one of those posts that has been living in my chest for a while. Because how do you sum up something that genuinely changed you? Garabari, the Wiradjuri word for corroboree, is not a show. It is ceremony. A gathering. A reclamation. And I had the profound honour of being at its heart.
There were nights I stood in that open space, the audience still finding their way in around us, and felt something ancient move through me before the ceremony had even begun. Not nerves. The weight of what I was holding. Because Balana is not just a character I played. She is the heroine of the Story of the Making of the Murrumbidgee River. She is the beginning. The one from whom everything flows. And every time I stepped into her spirit, surrounded by community, I felt something in me recognise her. She wasn’t new to me. She was always in me, waiting.
I come from a long line of staunch women. And this work cracked that open in me in ways I am still sitting with.
It is not a show you watch, it is something that happens to you. I felt it ripple through audiences night after night. I watched people weep who didn’t expect to. I watched communities who have never seen their stories reflected on a stage like this go completely still, and then completely alive. That stillness before the eruption… I will never forget it. Not ever.
To tour this Country with this work, this cast, this story, it is the kind of thing you become an artist for.

To everyone who has already been in that room with us — you know. You felt it. Thank you for letting us change you a little.
And to the women who came before me, who carried culture through impossible circumstances so that moments like this could exist — this is for you.
The river began somewhere. She had a name. 🌊 CREDITS
Choreographer/Director: @joelbraydance Produced by: @blakdance Costumes: Denni Francisco / Ngali Sound & Music: Byron Scullin Lighting & Projection: Katie Sfetkidis Project Elder: Uncle Christopher Kirkbright
In memory of: Uncle James Ingram
Performed on the unceded lands of many Nations. Always was, always will be. by @zoebrownholten

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7 months ago

• Knee High Spies •

I’m beyond thrilled to finally share that I am THE suit performer playing Jeremy Buttons in Knee High Spies, premiering tomorrow night (10th of November) at 5:55PM on ABC Kids!

Working alongside such an incredible team of talented and passionate puppeteers has been an absolute privilege. Bringing Jeremy to life has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my career thus far — a dream I’ve held close for many years.

Knowing that Jeremy’s curiosity, care, and adventurous spirit will soon be shared with children across Australia fills me with immense joy. I hope audiences love him as much as I’ve loved portraying him.

This journey has reminded me that dreams really do come true when you believe in them✨

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Credits:
@wernerfilmproductions
@actf_oz
@abckids
@wearevicscreen
@screenaustralia taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @zoebrownholten

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a year ago

aesthetic evenings ✨ by @zoebrownholten

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a year ago

Chapter 24 feels goodd ✨ taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @zoebrownholten

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