- Barbra Adjei Drummond
Barbra Adjei-Drummond was born in Townsville North Queensland and was raised in Brisbane and Port Headland Western Australia. Barbra’s heritage includes Aboriginal, Malaysian, Samoan, and Torres Strait islander, her maternal Grandmother is from Mabuiag Island west of the Torres Strait belonging to the Wagadagam Tribe, with the Crocodile presented as their totem, while her maternal Grandfather is from the Yadhaigana tribe belonging to Shelburne Bay Cape York, and her father comes from the Ashanti tribe in Ghana Africa. Barbra graduated from the NAISDA dance college in 2004 with a diploma in dance. Barbra made a big impact as a freelance dancer and has worked for the leading indigenous Dance Companies, producers and Choreographers in Australia including Bangarra, Descendance, Rhoda Roberts, Raymond Blanco, Albert David, Bernadette Walong and Gail Mabo.
*2009 Hawaii tour, Honolulu Festival, Schools, Palace Theatre Hilo (Descendance)
*2008 The Aboriginal Deadly Awards Sydney Opera House 2008
*2008 Bulgaria (East Europe)Theatre Tour with Descendance
*2008 Flames in the Forest Port Douglas Cairns, Spectacular Indigenous performance in rainforest with Pyrotechnics, Laser lighting, and stage reveal
*2008 Tours Hawaii with Descendance for The Honolulu Festival and performances in Hilo (big island of Hawaii)
*2008 Choreographer for the indigenous section of The Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parades 30th anniversary in Sydney, to an estimated audience of half a million people
*2006-2007 Tours with Bangarra, Australian regional, New Zealand, Japan and London
*2005 Gail Mabo “Kioki” Sydney
*2004 Bernadette Walong “Hidden Revealed” Sydney
*2004 Albert David “Island Rhythms” Sydney SBS Television
*2004 Raymond Blanco “Intentcity” Opera House
*2004 Garma Festival, North east Arnhem Land
*2004 Australian Round Table of Excellence Melbourne
*2003-2004 Dance Tracks Opera House
*2003 Rugby Union World Cup Olympic Stadium Sydney
*2002-2004 Deadly Vibes Aboriginal Awards, Sydney Opera House
*2001-2004 NAISDA End of year performances
