FLUX | ADC Mature Ensemble
Description
The sun's heat sits in the chest long after the sky has emptied. Rivers thin to threads. The land holds its breath.
Created on ADC's 2026 Mature Ensemble, FLUX is an original dance work in three parts that traces a body’s passage through scarcity, refusal and return. Drawing on each cast member’s 50+ years of living, the award-winning Deborah Brown has choreographed a work that moves through vastness and resistance to ask how we are shaped by water.
Lineup
Deborah Brown
Deborah was a Senior Artist for Bangarra Dance Theatre from 2003 to 2017. She was awarded the 2013 Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production, Terrain. That same year, she was named one of Arts Queensland’s Culture Champion’s for her contribution to the Queensland Arts and Culture sector as well as making her choreographic and directorial debut, creating a short dance film titled dive paying homage to the Pearl Shell divers of the Torres Strait Islands for Bangarra's season of Dance Clan 3, leading her to co-create IBIS as part of the Lore national season in 2015. Her career highlights with Bangarra were returning to Country - including Mer Island and Yirrkala – performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theatre and partnering with The Australian Ballet at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Most recently Deborah choreographed for Bangarra’s 2024 National Tour, Horizon. She also directed Blue for Belvoir St Theatre, having toured to State Theatre Company of South Australia and La Boite Theatre. Her Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) capstone project, Bala, made the official selection for various film festivals around the world. Bala is currently screening on ABC iView. This lead her to direct Episode 8 of AACTA nominated Children’s Series, Barrumbi Kids. Other independent works as Director/Choreographer include, Spinifex Gum, a collaboration with Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill and Marliya of Gondwana Choirs, The Wave for Project Animo and hide for Campbelltown Arts Centre.
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