00:02There's something hypnotic about it.
00:07Friday nights in this suburban garage are about self-expression.
00:11We describe it like it's a feeling.
00:14This is what it looks like to dance flood style,
00:18an emerging artistic movement born in the flood plains of Ipswich.
00:22The man behind it was just 12 years old
00:24when Queensland's devastating 2011 floods arrived.
00:27I remember seeing the streets, the aftermath,
00:32and it was like a bomb went off.
00:33You know, it was so much debris, it was so dirty,
00:38and the dance is a response to that upbringing,
00:42but also channeling it into a positive way.
00:45Flood is gaining followers.
00:47It's been adopted by street dancers in Melbourne, Adelaide,
00:51Byron Bay and Auckland.
00:53Shota Sasaki flew to Ipswich from Japan.
00:59Really? I'm not thinking about anything while dancing.
01:02The feelings just come out.
01:05The dancers hope it'll change the way the historical Queensland city is perceived.
01:10It just shows that even from a place like Ipswich,
01:13having all these people from overseas and interstate come here,
01:16where anybody can really rise up if you get together and believe in a vision.
01:24Turning climate disaster into a creative community.
01:28That's not a communist thing.
01:29I am looking forward to it.
01:30You
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