WATCH: RISE 2022 Festival of Contemporary Dance & Performance
RISE is back for 2022! Dance North’s festival of contemporary dance and performance is coming back on Saturday 11 June, building on the tremendous success of the 2021 programme. RISE 2021 showed how well outdoor performances …
WATCH: RISE 2022 – THREADED FINE
Choreographer Rosemary Lee has brought together a cast of dancers from across Scotland and ranging in age from 9-70+ years to create a new site-specific version of her Threaded Fine project. One after the other, 24 dancers …

Calum Barbour as Cole & Tess Letham as Annie with Laika the dog in Do you mind can I ask...(what happened to your legs?)
WATCH: RISE 2022 – Dancing on the Inside: honouring the legacy of Simon Fildes
Simon Fildes (1962 – 2021) was an international award-winning Scottish filmmaker, producer and curator, and he was an artist with close links to Dance North as a colleague, collaborator, presenting artist, and friend. …
WATCH: RISE 2022 – LOStheULTRAMAR
In LOStheULTRAMAR, Mexican dance company Foco alAire take to the streets to astonish passers-by, inviting people to join their procession as they pass through parks and public spaces. This is an interactive public performance …
DO: May to June Term – Forres Youth
New term for Dance North Youth Forres – An opportunity to learn contemporary dance technique, choreographic and performance skills in a safe environment. Young people will have fun and explore their creativity. …
DO: Apr – Jun Term – Dance Movement Group
Dance North’s Dance and Movement Group is a weekly group for young people aged 8-14 with different levels of ability and inclusive of children with additional support needs. The sessions encourage creativity... …
DO: May to Jun Term – Fochabers Seniors
New term for Dance North Youth Fochabers Seniors – An opportunity to learn contemporary dance technique, choreographic and performance skills in a safe environment. Young people will have fun and explore their creativity learning. …
DO: May to Jun Term – Fochabers Juniors
Do you have a child, (Age 7-11), who has loads of creativity and loves to move and dance? Bring them along to our Junior Fochabers class. Young dancers get an opportunity to learn contemporary dance technique as …
Project Catalogue: LUISE – A performance and film project by artist Katrina McPherson
Luise, a vibrant woman in her prime, navigates living in Berlin during World War 2 with two daughters and a mounting knowledge of her husband's infidelity. In the darkest of conceivable winters after VE Day, where everything …
MAKE: Call Out: THREADED FINE – Scotland, led by Rosemary Lee
Working in partnership with Dance North and Scottish Dance Theatre, choreographer Rosemary Lee will be creating a durational performance – THREADED FINE – for two outdoor locations in Findhorn and Dundee in June 2022. …
WATCH: Rise 2021 Retrospective
This video retrospective, edited by Poppycock Films, is a look back at some of the highlights of this year's RISE. Thank you so much to all of the artists, audiences, volunteers, venues, partners, producers, technical staff, teachers, …
DO: Sing, Exercise and Tea Groups
The Sing, Exercise and Tea (SET) Groups provide regular activities and support for older people in Moray. Meeting weekly they provide an opportunity for older people to take part in music and gentle movement. …
NEWS: AIM Collective – Dance North Residency Call Out
We are proud to be able to support two collaborating artists working in dance that work in a participatory way, to undertake an Artist Residency to span from November 2021 – September 2022 as part of the …
WATCH: Rise 2021 Audience Survey
As part of our ongoing work with The Audience Agency, we're trying to learn more about what you feel when you come to a show – everything from the booking process to Covid safety, from the price …
MAKE: Rosalind Masson Residency – Occupying Eden (Concluded)
Occupying Eden explores the notion of garden as a place of symbiosis in relation to plant/human relations. How do somatic practices allow us to re-situate ourselves as a part of a symbiotic community of plants? …