Prof Brown (third from right) is the recipient of the 2025 University of Otago Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance and was born and raised in South Dunedin, within walking distance of St Clair Beach.
Her latest dance features volunteers from Dance Ōtepoti and will be performed as part of the 2025 Wild Dunedin Festival next month.
Prof Brown said the "salt line" referred to in the title was the uneven edge of residue left on the beach as the tide came in and out and the dance was an expression of "solidarity" with another species.
Prof Brown has been involved in "site-specific dance work" around the world for many years and said she relished the opportunity to come home.
"I have a very strong affinity with the beach here," Prof Brown said.
"It's where I grew up."
