- Ryka Satrick
Ryka Ali Satrick is multi-talented young indigenous performer; already a maestro in the art of Didgeridoo playing, having started performing from the age of seven.
Ryka is also profound and dynamic in both mainland Aboriginal and Torres Strait styles of dancing. Ryka’s heritage comes from both the mainland and the Torres Strait Islands;
His aboriginal background is from the Yidinji Tribe (Cairns) Wuthathi Tribe (Shelbourne Bay) and the Ku Ku Yalangi Tribe (Mossman) in North Queensland Australia, and His Torres Strait roots are from Moa, Darnley, and Yam Islands. Ryka has had a colourful up bringing from starting his career as a seven year old at Uluru (Central Desert) to spending two years abroad in the USA as a young entertainer; Ryka has just released self-titled CD featuring hip hop/urban sounds combined with the didgeridoo.
2009 Tour of South Italy for Ghironda Festival (Descendance)
2009 Tour of Trinidad Red Earth Festival (Descendance)
2009 Hawaii tour, Honolulu Festival, Schools, Palace Theatre Hilo (Descendance)
2009 Tour of Rome with Descendance to promote the film Australia by Baz Lurhman (Descendance)
2008 Bulgaria and Netherlands Tour 7 weeks with Descendance (Descendance)
2008 The Aboriginal Deadly Awards Sydney Opera House 2008 with Descendance.
2004-2009 Educational school performances across Australia and New Zealand.
2008 Tour of Sydney jails for NAIDOC week Descendance..
2008-2009 Corporate performance in Australia Descendance.
2008 Performance for the Popes Tour of Sydney for World Youth Day.
2008 NAIDOC Ball and Aboriginal Awards Canberra Convention Centre 2008. Flames in the Forest, Port Douglas Cairns, Spectacular Indigenous performance in rainforest with Pyrotechnics, Laser lighting, and stage reveal.
2006 Tours New York, performs at the United Nations 5th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; American Indian Community House,The American Museum of Natural History, The United Nations International Schools, The Australian Consulate General, The International Indigenous Funders Forum, and the Baltimore Aquarium in Maryland, with Descendance.
2005-2007 Performing and living in the USA, New York, LA, Kentucky.
2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan
2004 International Youth Parliament Yaban Indigenous Concert.
2003 Winner in the Young, Black and Deadly Talent Quest, Opera House Sydney.
