The demand for Descendance around the world and throughout Australia saw it evolve into two companies. One is based in Sydney, and one permanent group living and doing nightly shows in Alice Springs (Central Australia). The Alice Springs "Red Centre Dreaming" experience has been running since 2000 attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world. In 2003 Descendance were presented with a Brolga award in tourism for their outstanding performances in their Alice Springs "Red Centre Dreaming experience".

Descendance has also completed hundreds of shows across Europe, America and Asia, and participated in major world events at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the opening ceremony of the Rugby Union World Cup in 2003 to TV audiences of over one billion people.

Descendance has now opened up work opportunities in over 15 countries - more than any other dance company in Australia in recent times, indigenous or non indigenous.

Since the year 2000, Descendance has participated in almost every major international convention and corporate event held in Sydney with indigenous content, performing for politicians and international dignitaries in the fields of medicine, technology, science, education and other diverse practices.

During the Olympic games in Sydney 2000, the Descendance network was booked solidly day and night at various events around Sydney, completing 70 events in 25 days to clients and audiences ranging from over 100 countries, showing the world the true spirit of indigenous performance.

Descendance have also worked in Movies, Theatre, TV, Radio, community work, cultural centres, festivals, recording projects, education institutions, jails, and countless political events. Descendance have accumulated a resume of live performances most other artists can only dream about, and have been invited to perform for distinguished international celebrities such as The Dalai Lama, Her Majesty The Queen Elisabeth II, Janet Jackson, Desree, Jimmy Cliff, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwartznegger, Sylvestor Stallone and Julio Iglesias. They have also given private performances for many of the worlds leading overseas dance companies, ranging from Cuba to Brazil, Spain and Africa. They starred in Australia's first full-length laser movie "Reef Dreaming", which was shown at Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour Sydney for 3 years on a screen of jet-propelled water, producing giant hologram Aboriginal images with laser effects. "Reef Dreaming" went on to be watched by almost a million locals and tourists. Descendance fills Australia's need for a wholesome, exciting, reliable and world class traditional performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Company.

Sean Choolburra originally formed Ngaru in Sydney in 1993, Sean was born in Townsville in North Queensland, and has a background from three Aboriginal tribes, Girrma from Tully (Fathers side) Kalkadoon from Mount Isa (mother's side) and Kukuyalanji from Cooktown (grandfathers side).

In 1998 Ngaru came under the guidance of the late, great Aboriginal song woman Imelda Willis, and world music pioneer and producer Jose Calarco. Imelda came down from the sleepy seaside Aboriginal mission of Yarrabah in far North Queensland, (Where she rests in peace today). Imelda had just completed a six month season of traditional dance and song at Ayers rock before finishing her career in Sydney. Imelda gave Descendance the dances and songs from her two tribes (Kandju/Cape York) and (Yidindji/Cairns). Descendance was born out of her loving memory to create an independent vehicle and indigenous agency for artists without support or funding. Today her daughter Nicky Willis assumes her legacy. Nicky is also the leader of the Alice Springs Descendance team. In Sydney Sean Choolburra and Les Daniel are team leaders.

Descendance has over thirty dancers from diverse tribes across Australia. They come from NSW to Mount Isa, across to Rockhampton, through the Central Desert, up to Cape York, and around the Torres Strait Islands. Descendance along with world music artistic director Jose Calarco have begun a genre of performance never undertaken by an Aboriginal company before, with exciting fusion work with other cultures in both dance and live music, including Flamenco, Indian, Middle Eastern, American Native, South American, Asian and African.

Descendance today is helping create work for many other Aboriginal artists in areas outside dance, from modelling, painting and music, to writing and acting. Descendance has grown out of necessity for indigenous people of Australia, and has become a refuge for Aboriginal culture needing assistance. Descendance is providing Australia and the world the finest in traditional and contemporary indigenous culture and music.