James Boyd
is a proud Aboriginal man with connections to the Kunja and Muruwari people of south-western Queensland, and Wakka Wakka nation, south-eastern Queensland. After finishing high school at the Hunter School of Performing Arts in Newcastle in 2017, James studied at NAISDA until early 2022, completing an Advanced Diploma in Dance. In 2021 James performed with the NT Dance Company for their season of Forbidden and with Moogahlin Performing Arts for the season of The Lookout and has made ongoing collaboration with The Dreaming Project, in partnership with Footscray Community Arts. James has worked with many choreographers including Frances Rings, Sani Townson, Deborah Brown, Gary Lang, Albert David & Joshua Thompson.