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By using industrial materials—air conditioning insulation mesh, vacuum-formed synthetic material, nylon, raffia—in her costumes for Stanton Welch’s Divergence, Melbourne-based designer Vanessa Leyonhjelm moves classical dance costumes and accessories in a new direction.

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Jim McFarlane (b.1955)
Justine Summers in Divergence, the Australian Ballet, 1994
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