Jo Clancy
I’m a Wiradjuri woman born to Dharug Country. My dance collective Wagana, which means ‘dancing now’ in Wiradjuri language and has a strong female focus. I didn’t have opportunities to learn my language, my songs or cultural dances growing up and I’m committed to making positive, real and lasting change to the lives of Aboriginal women and girls through dance and cultural connection. We all need to feel strong and safe in culture, to know who we are and how we connect. My practice holds, supports and lifts others, it is a gradual, continuous spiral that allows people to enter and exit. When I walk and dance softly in Country, place my bare feet on the ground and sit low in my hips, I connect with a matriarchal strength, grace and perception that comes from an embodied knowing.
wiiny-dha waganha nan-girra – we make fire and dance together – is a window into Wiradjuri cultural exchange and sharing at Ganguddy. A film by Jo Clancy in collaboration with Gus Armstrong, Emma Syme and the Kandos/Rylstone Aboriginal community.
A film by Jo Clancy in collaboration with Gus Armstrong, Emma Syme and the Kandos/Rylstone Aboriginal community.
My practice holds others. It is a gradual, continuous spiral that allows people to enter and exit. It flows from an embodied knowing.
