Song and dance is an important part of Aboriginal Australian Culture. Culture means the knowledge and skills that one generation passes on to the next. Beliefs were passed on by dancing, talking and singing. Aboriginal dances and songs tell stories about important people, events, love and nature, creations, war and in later times; white people and their strange culture. Dance was another way of communication. Dance was often to Aboriginals about ritual, celebration, mourning and initiation. Before European settlement in the days of `dreaming', the body had sacred meaning. It was used as an instrument, as a vehicle for communication and as a tool for learning.

The steps that are typically Aboriginal tend to be very grounded and a lot of focus is drawn to the feet and legs. They used formal, precise and complex ground patterns. Their motif was often influenced by nature, animals and sometimes just...