Flora Détraz has a ballet background and followed literature studies. She joined the course at Centre Chorégraphique National Lyon, under Maguy Marin, and then completed choreographic studies at PEPCC, Forum Dança, in Lisbon. Flora met artists who influenced her research, such as Meredith Monk, Meg Stuart, Vera Mantero, Lia Rodrigues or Marlene Monteiro Freitas. She started making her own pieces in 2013, questioning the relationship between voice and movements: Peuplements (2013), Gesächt (2014), Tutuguri (2016), Muyte Maker (2018) and Glottis (2021).