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Julia Mage‘au Gray

Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer

Julia Mage'au Gray is a dancer, choreographer, skin marker (tattooist), photographer and film-maker interested in exploring her Papuan and Mekeo heritage within an urban Australian and New Zealand context. Her performances frequently combine dance with evocative video narratives. Gray cofounded the performance group Sunameke in 1997.

Everything By: Julia Mage‘au Gray

Pacific Arts Legacy Project04.03.21

First Language

For dancer and mark maker Julia Mage‘au Gray, words are an overused way of communicating. Bodies, however, never lie.

By Julia Mage‘au Gray
Read Time: 9 mins

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