DANIEL MATEO
Daniel Mateo is a 20 year old Gamilaraay descendant from northern nsw as well as a descendant from ma’ufanga (mow-fung-a) in the pasifika island of Tonga. Daniel studied at NAISDA Dance College 2018-2020 and is now performing with Bangarra Dance Theatre. Daniel has worked with Singers such as Ngaiires ‘closer’ choreographed by the Sela Vai and singer George Maples ‘MYTH’ choreographed by Lucy Doherty.
Daniel had also worked with choreographers such as Cadi McCarthy, Catapult Dance, Stephanie Lake Company, Sela Vai, Lucy Doherty.
Daniel uses multimedia like dance, painting, film (winning peoples choice with Bouddi scholarship) and poetry. Exploring the colonial language to express Blak Australians’ pain, excellence and history and encourages the listeners to be transported with the visual poetry he offers.