IMELDA WILLIS Company Director 1998-2000
	In 1998 Ngaru came under the guidance of the late, great Aboriginal song woman Imelda Willis. Imelda came down from the sleepy seaside 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 Uluru before finishing her career in Sydney. Imelda gave Ngaru/ 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 Aboriginal Artists without support or funding. Descendance was also set up to break new ground in Aboriginal performance today.