TYREL DULVARIE

Tyrel Dulvarie is from Kimuy, he is Yirrganydji, Djirrabul, Kalkadoon and Umpila. Tyrel trained at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Meanjin from 2011-2013, then joining Ochre Contemporary Dance Company in Boorloo in 2014, and also appearing in Penelope Mullen’s Danse Noir. In 2015, he was part of Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Program before touring with Hugh Jackman's Broadway to Oz musical production. Tyrel performed with Bangarra Dance Theatre from 2016 – February 2021. He toured productions OUR land people stories, Bennelong, Terrain, Dark Emu and 30 Years of Sixty Five Thousand nationally as well as Ochres, Spirit: a Retrospective and Ibis to the United States, France, Denmark, Germany, India, Japan and Canada. He was the recipient of the 2019 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer for his standout performance in 30 Years of Sixty Five Thousand. In March 2021, Tyrel returned to Meeanjin where he joined the Australasian Dance Collective and made his debut in Succession, the company’s joint production with the Youth Ensemble. In May, he premiered the triple bill production Three, performing works by Melanie Lane Alterum, Jack Lister Still Life and Hofesh Shechter Cult. Later that year Tyrel had the privilege of performing Forgery, an artificially intelligent designed work created by Alisdair Macindoe and Josh Mu. Tyrel has a strong love and value for culture, representation, diversity, fashion, and the arts.