The Australian Ballet

Flora

Flora

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Artists Courtney Radford from Bangarra Dance Theatre and Hugo Dumapit from The Australian Ballet
Photo Pierre Toussaint

Resilience. Kinship. Connection.

The Australian Ballet X Bangarra Dance Theatre

Beneath the cracked clay, a seed unfurls. Leaf. Bloom. Life. Promise. Crossing time and space. 

Flora invites audiences to journey through a timeline of major geological, historical, and environmental events across Deep time, Creation time, Interrupted time, to a time of Renewal. Flora is an immersion into the evolution of life on Earth, told from the perspectives and spiritual lens of First Nations Storytellers.

Flora

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Costumes

Hear from Costume Designer, Grace Lillian Lee and Costume Design Associate, Jennifer Irwin, as they share their journey in crafting the incredible costumes for Flora

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Music

Composer William Barton and The Australian Ballet Music Director Jonathan Lo discuss collaboration, connection and the music behind Flora.  In this conversation, they reflect on collaboration across art forms. From composition and orchestration, to choreography, performance and how dancers, musicians and creatives work together to bring the world of Flora to life.

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30 Years of Collaboration

Artistic Director and Co-CEO of Bangarra Dance Theatre Frances Rings and former The Australian Ballet Principal Dancer Steven Heathcote reflect on thirty years of collaboration between the two companies.