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mwaba: Alexx Mubanga (Zambia/Perth) is a Zambian born dance teacher, choreographer and Youth Worker who teaches Afro-fusion; a unique style of African dance that blends various traditions such as; AfroBeats (West Africa), Afrohouse and Kuduro (Angola), Soukouss/ dombolo, Rhumba (Congo Bassin), Afro-Pop, Kalindula (Zambia), and Pantsula (South Africa). Alexx is well known in the African Aus- tralian dance community; teaching local classes in Perth since 2013, guest teaching in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide as well as hosting and collaborating with professional international dancers and choreographers from Jamaica, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland and Angola.

Perun Bonser is a Ngarluma filmmaker with a background in contemporary dance. As an accomplished writer and director with over a decade of experience, Perun is passionate about telling authentic stories that challenge audiences and empower First Nations communities. Perun has written and directed several short films including horror anthology DARK PLACE - THE SHORE (ABC), BLIGHT (ABC), FIGHTER (NITV), and SHADOWS OF DISPLACEMENT (NITV). His films have screened at a multitude of film fes- tivals, including CinefestOz, Hot Docs, imagineNATIVE, St Tropez Inter - national Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, and Melbourne In- ternational Film Festival to name a few. Perun directed Prospero Productions’ immersive dome film STAR DREAMING and wrote for AFL documentary NOONGAR FOOTY MAGIC and ABC web-series AUSSIE RANGERS. Perun and his partner were selected to participate in talent accelerator lab Imagine Impact in 2020 where they developed ONE OF THE GOOD ONES. In 2021, Perun came on board as Series Director and Co-Writer of OUR LAW - Season 1 (NITV/SBS) which is currently streaming on SBS On Demand. In 2022, Perun was selected as AIDC’s inaugural recipient of the Indigenous Documentary Placement at the ABC in Sydney. Perun is currently Series Director, Story Producer and Co-Writer of OUR LAW - Season 2 (NITV/SBS).