Performances and Films
RISE is Dance North’s festival of contemporary dance and performance. A responsive programme that adapts from year to year – sometimes existing as a standalone weekend of performance and sometimes offering performances over the course of several months. RISE often features an emphasis on outdoor work and increasingly exists in conversation with community and ecology in Moray.
WATCH: RISE 2025 – Dance North Conversations…RISE 2025
Sit up and listen to our RISE artists in conversation with Māori contemporary dance artist and cultural advocate, Paige Shand Haami, recorded live for our new podcast, Dance North Conversations… …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – Long Solo 4 – Seke Chimutengwende
Seke Chimutengwende embarks on a one hour performance without a plan. As he faces the empty space, alone, he draws on memory, sensation and imagination to conjure worlds out of nothing. A fusion of dance, poetry, stand-up, …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – The Perfect Number by Richard Layzell
The Perfect Number by Richard Layzell. In live performance and on film, at the same time, we explore dreams, other living beings, brutality and survival, trees fighting back, how to pose, wearing the wrong clothes, undisciplined golfers, …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – And – Charlotte Mclean
A dance poem about wonder, worries and being alive. A homage to the mothers and grandmothers who have danced before us and the children we are yet to meet, And invites us to consider our view of …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – Cosmos – Ashtar Muallem et Clément Dazin – La Main de l’Homme
A Palestinian born in Jerusalem, Ashtar Muallem tells her story, her relationship to her country, to her body and spirituality in this funny and moving show. …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – because i love the diversity – Rakesh Sukesh
In because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it), Rakesh tells the story of his own journey through the powerful semi-improvisational, trance-like movement technique that makes him such an in-demand teacher across the world. …
NEWS: Save the Date – RISE 2025 Fri 23 – Sun 25 May
RISE is coming back for 2025! Make a note, mark your calendars, and keep an eye out for upcoming announcements of the artists who will be joining us. …
RISE festival of contemporary dance and performance 24-26 May 2024
RISE, Dance North Scotland’s annual three-day festival of contemporary dance and performance, is back in 2024 with a programme that reflects connection, care and community, with a recognition that all of us experience those themes differently. …
WATCH: Rise 2024 – Keep the Fire Burnin’
It's more than just a project; it's a communal effort to create a dance floor together. An ongoing artistic endeavour focused on crafting sections of this dance floor in various places, engaging different communities through workshops, conversations, …