BEATRICE SAILOR

Beatrice Sailor is a talented young Torres Strait Islander (full blood) who is singer/songwriter and dancer, born on Thursday Island, with Heritages and family also on Darnley and York Islands.
Beatrice has also a background in mainland Aboriginal linked to Ku Ku Yalangi and Yidinji tribes in Lockhart River North Queensland.

Beatrice was the Fourth of seven children, from the age of five her unties and uncles taught her traditional Torres Strait Islander song and dances, they also taught her to play piano, guitar and sing, Beatrice was touring by the age of twelve.

Beatrice came to Sydney in 2001 to try her luck with the Redfern Dance Theatre where she successfully completed her studies in 2003.

Beatrice joined Descendance in 2002 and proved to be an exceptional talent who did not need excess tutoring; she reveled in the mainland dancing and singing as easily as her native Torres Strait culture, Beatrice’s ability to sing was utilized on the Descendance CD “Didgeridoo Monde”, and Creation 2008, she also became a feature vocalist on The Sydney Dreaming Soundtrack in 2003.

RESUME WITH DESCENDANCE AND JOSE CALARCO

*2011

Aboriginal Deadly Awards Opera House Sydney performance

*2011

Artist in Residence Australia Museum Sydney

*2002-2012

Corporate Events, International Conventions, Schools, Workshops, International Cruise Liners, Jails, and Festivals with Descendance

*2009

Tours London with Descendance for Toast festival and Lords performance

*2008

The Aboriginal Deadly Awards Sydney Opera House 2008

*2008

Bulgaria (East Europe) Theatre tour

*2008

Tour of Sydney jails for NAIDOC week.

*2008

NAIDOC Ball and Aboriginal awards Canberra Convention Centre.

*2008

New Zealand tour through Tourism Australia

*2008

Beijing Olympic Torch Relay performance Canberra

*2008

Flames In the Forest Port Douglas Cairns, Spectacular Indigenous performance in rainforest with Pyrotechnics, Laser lighting, and stage reveal.

*2008

Hawaii Tour, Honolulu Festival, Pearl Harbor, Hilo, Media performances

*2008

Canberra Multi-Cultural festival (headline)

*2007

Tour of Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, performing at some of the regions biggest summer festivals.

*2007

Tour of South Africa and Ghana for Department of Foreign Affairs.

*2007

New Zealand tour for Australia Week New Zealand through Tourism Australia

*2007-2008

Palm Island Australia teaching community children culture and coordinating a big Australia day Concert on the Island.

*2006

Tours New Zealand with Descendance , for Australia Week, performances in Wellington and Auckland co coordinated by Tourism Australia

*2004-2005

Descendance at the Sydney Indigenous festival (July), Beatrice contributes with dancing in the traditional mainland show and contemporary shows.

*2005-2007

Performing with Descendance at the Aboriginal Tourism Expo at the Sydney Opera House.

*2003

Performing with Descendance in the opening of The Rugby Union world cup before an estimated TV audience of almost one billion people.

*2003

Performing with Descendance at Stadium Australia at Olympic Park for The Sydney Swans vs Essendon clash which paid homage to achieving indigenous Australians, before a crowd of seventy thousand people

*2002

Performing with Descendance for Prime Minister John Howard and Canberra Dignitaries in opening up Reconciliation House

*2002

Performing at the Indigenous Sports Awards at the Sydney Convention Centre.