Mitch King 

Mitch King is a performing artist, creative producer, and a proud Yaegl & Widjabul Wia-bul man from the Bundjalung nation on the east coast of Australia. His main disciplines are music, theatre, and dance - he loves telling stories through sound, movement, and film. Mitch’s work relates to living on country and what it's like to live in the regional area of Northern Rivers, New South Wales. He combines cultural and contemporary practices to push his own creative boundaries in order to make space for First Nations communities’ voices and artistry.

Mitch also teaches dance/movement and songwriting workshops around the region and has a background in youth work. He collaborates with young people on community events and programs that are aimed at showcasing the young people's talents and their voice.

Tess Eckert

Tess Eckert is an independent movement artist, facilitator, and student of life. They are fascinated by creatively exploring the relationship between our diverse inner and outer landscapes via contemporary dance, poetry, sound, and mixed-media. Tess utilises the language of movement and the somatic arts for community building, healing, and social justice. Eckert is descended on her mother’s line from the Chickasaw Tribe of Oklahoma (US First Nations) and Swedish ancestors, and from German ancestry on her father’s line. Having migrated to the Bundjalung Nation in Australia 12 years ago from the Rocky Mountains of North America, central to Eckert’s collaborations is an investigation of how to create a sense of belonging and connection to our inner and outer worlds, with the aim of opening up possibilities for healthier ways of being, relating and moving.