Yadavi Jeyakumar says the arts and music were a large part of her life from a young age.

The 19-year-old’s family migrated from the Sri Lankan coastal town of Valvettithurai in the late 1990s and even though she was born in Australia, she says dance helped her “find her tribe”.

This was particularly true during her schooling years in the Western Sydney suburb of Seven Hills as she navigated both her Australian and Sri Lankan …