PLANT NATION
Choreographer
Gregory Lorenzutti, in collaboration with dancers
Creative Collaborator and Executive
Producer Professor Marie Sierra
Original Costume Designer (Theatrum Botanicum)
Rebeca Silveria
Original Costume Associate Designer
Olivia Peters
Costume Supervisor
Rose McCormick
Sound Composer
Ethan Hunter
Stage Manager
Lucie Sutherland
Audio Engineer
Justin Gardam
Production Coordinator
Tia Wojcik
Rehearsal Director
Nicole Corea
Dancers
Madeline Belli, Alyse Canton, Yinuo Chen, Tash Dotti, Indiana Gordo, Stephanie Kewley, Anastassia Krstevska, Jaden Lal, Elliana Martell, Toby McKnight, Kamryn Mcrae, Tessa O’Toole, Ebony Olse, Wen Chen Ong, Bei Preston Taylor, Opal Russell, Rena Sangawa, Lily Turne, Emily Yamashita, Melody Zhang
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
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
VCA, 2024
Photographer Gregory Lorenzutti
