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Jye Uren

Dance Artist

  • New South Wales, England

Jye was born on Awabakal Country (New Lambton Heights) and raised on Worimi Country (Raymond Terrace) a short drive away from the sand dunes and saltwater. After graduating from NAISDA Dance College in 2017, he spent a year with Bangarra in 2019. Jye excitedly returned to the company in March 2024, and looks forward to dancing and sharing stories with the world.

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Heritage

Jye is a proud descendent of the Worimi and Dunghutti peoples and holds lineage to Biripi and Yorta Yorta Country as well as having ancestral connections overseas in Portugal and various Celtic and Scandinavian nations.


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Bio

Jye was born on Awabakal Country (New Lambton Heights) and raised on Worimi Country (Raymond Terrace) a short drive away from the sand dunes and saltwater.

Jye began studying dance in his last two years of schooling at Irrawang High School before enrolling at NAISDA Dance College in 2014. Since graduating in 2017 he has worked as an independent artist working with many influential dance makers including Raymond D Blanco, Sani Ray Townson, Vicki Van Hout, Tairoa Royal, Jack Gray and Dance Makers Collective.