Dance in Film · 2023
Flower (2023)
Misty Copeland and Babatunji Johnson move through an Oakland story where contemporary ballet, classroom technique and turfing carry the dialogue. Studio freestyle blooms into a dream-stage solo while street dancers root the film in local movement.
Flower is a 2023 dance film centred on Hip-Hop & Street Dance, Ballet. For dancers, it's a chance to see these styles performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Dance styles featured
Where to watch: Official 39-second trailer on Tribeca and official clips in Misty Copeland's Flower YouTube playlist; no public full-film stream verified as of 2026-08-05.
The dance sequences in Flower
4 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Oakland turf dancers
TurfingDanced by Algerion “Krow” Bryant; Oakland turf dancers · Choreography Rich + Tone Talauega
Rose watching Oakland turf dancers claim the frame.
The sequence centers Oakland dancers in their own local movement language and places that authorship beside Rose’s ballet frame. Its value is the contrast in training and social space: the film lets turfing carry community knowledge instead of using it as anonymous street texture.
Rose and Sterling contemporary pas de deux
Contemporary BalletDanced by Misty Copeland; Babatunji Johnson · Choreography Alonzo King
Misty Copeland and Babatunji Johnson suspended together in a contemporary-ballet image.
The duet lets two differently trained bodies negotiate weight, reach and timing without spoken explanation. Ballet-derived partnering becomes a shared language between Rose and Sterling, making their connection legible through changing proximity and trust.
Rose teaches ballet to Oakland youth
Classical BalletDanced by Misty Copeland; Oakland Ballet youth
A room of young ballet students following Rose’s lead.
Classroom structure turns technique into care: Rose’s demonstrations and the young dancers’ repetition make attention, correction and shared timing visible. The scene ties her professional identity to neighborhood transmission rather than separating stage achievement from community life.
Rose’s studio warm-up and dream-stage transformation
Contemporary BalletDanced by Misty Copeland · Choreography Alonzo King
Rose alone under theatrical light as the modest studio opens into the Segerstrom stage.
Rose’s private warm-up begins as close studio work, then expands into a stage-scale expression of the same interior impulse. The transition makes ballet language function as thought: the room falls away and movement becomes Rose’s imagined space.
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