Djakapurra Munyarryun is a member of the Munyarryun clan from Dhalinybuy in North East Arnhem Land.

Djakapurra Munyarryun is a respected Yolngu Songman from Dhalinybuy in North East Arnhem Land. In 1991 he joined Bangarra Dance Theatre as both Cultural Consultant and Dance Artist, and contributed to numerous productions including Praying Mantis Dreaming, (1992), NINNI (1994), Ochres (1995) and Fish (1997) and Boomerang (2005). Djakapurra performed in the Bangarra and The Australian Ballet co-production Rites (1997), which went on to tour to New York in 1999. Following his acclaimed performance in Rites (1997) he was the recipient of the inaugural Australian Dance Award for outstanding performance by an individual.

Djakapurra and his sister Guypunura (Janet) Munyarryun, led the Munyarryun clan in Laka Bunkul - a performance in Bangarra's inaugural Dance Clan (1998) series which showcased short works choreographed by Bangarra Dance Theatre members.

Djakapurra was a featured performer in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He also performed in Tubowgule, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Arts Festival and in Bangarra's Skin which was created for this festival.

In 1993, Djakapurra played the water spirit in Kevin Lucas' operatic film Black River which won the Grand Prix award in Paris for best feature film in 1993, and also appeared in the film Breaking Through - an Imax 3D film produced for Expo '93. He performed with Yothu Yindi, Christine Anu and David Page in the ABC special Songlines and in 2015, Djakapurra featured in Stephen Page’s film Spear.

Djakapurra created his work Ngathu in 2017 for Bangarra’s end of year season at Carriageworks, ONES COUNTRY - the spine of our stories.