Garrigarrang Badu, a female-led immersive cultural performance is set to make its premiere at the Sydney Festival's 'Dyin Nura' (women's place).

Directed by founding Artistic Director of Jannawi Dance Clan, Peta Strachan, in collaboration with Dharug Elders and Knowledge holders, Garrigarrang Badu is the first-ever full-length modern dance work in Dharug language and is a celebration of the women of the Dharug community.

The performance invites audiences to bear witness to the strength, resilience, and power of the Dharug Matriarch.

"This work started from our need for new compositions in our language," said Ms Strachan.

"It has developed into a major dance work and song cycle about Dharug culture, ancient and contemporary, and the beauty of our country where freshwater meets salt water.

"Learning to sing in Dharug has made our spirits stronger."

In July 2023, Garrigarang Badu is set to premiere at Carriageworks' international First Nations Dance Fest Darunga Nura.

The song cycle has been written and composed by songman Mathew Doyle in collaboration with Dharug elders and community members the late Richard Green, Peta Strachan and Julie Jones.

"It is an honour to support the work of such a distinguished cultural practitioner and artist as Peta Strachan and her intergenerational all-female Jannawi Dance Clan," said ACE Executive Director Anne Loxley.

"Peta is connected to the lands and waters on which we at ACE work, and her enactments of her culture are generous, captivating and life-affirming."

Garrigarrang Badu is supported by the Indigenous Languages and Arts (ILA) Program and Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund.