PLANT NATION

Inspired by plant wisdom, PLANT NATION, revisits Theatrum Botanicum (2022), conceived and choreographed by Gregory Lorenzutti, made with VCA Dance and Design and Production Students. In a time of climate crisis and ‘plant blindness’ (Prudence Gibson) this new iteration of the work applies ecological thinking to performance process and production.

People and plants are entwined by threads that reach back to our very beginnings as a species. PLANT NATION is a site-specific performance that invites you to experience dance as a potent gateway to trace and reconnect us within the complex pattern of nature and make the vegetal world seen again. Through plant awareness and visibility, a choreographic score made in collaboration with plants aims to motivate a more attentive perception of the places we share with living organisms, and ultimately, how we insert humans back into circular systems of nature, as interconnected and diverse species.

PLANT NATION was made possible through and ARC Linkage Grant held by Professor Marie Sierra (UniMelb), with Dr Prudence Gibson (UNSW) and Associate Professor Sigi Jöttkandt (UNSW).

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