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NEWS: Summer Update
Summer is upon us, and it has been another busy few weeks since we welcomed everyone to Rise. …
NEWS: Report from RISE 2025
From Friday 23 to Sunday 25 May 2025, Dance North's annual festival of contemporary dance and performance returned to Findhorn. …
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. …
NEWS: Multi-Year Funding Update
Dance North are pleased to be able to announce that we have today successfully secured multi-year funding from Creative Scotland. This essential funding will enable us to continue to provide core elements of our participatory programme and …
Call for ceasefire in Palestine
Dance North Scotland urges the Scottish Government and the government in Westminster to apply all possible pressure to ensure immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the indiscriminate violence against Palestinian people, who have no access …
NEWS: Response to the Closure of the Open Fund for Individuals
We call on the Scottish Government to review its budget urgently to address the shortfall in funding to Creative Scotland and we call on Creative Scotland to reverse the rash closure of the Open Fund for Individuals …
NEWS: Open Letter: Closure of the Open Fund for Individuals
The staff of Dance North Scotland have joined over 100 signatories to this open letter to the Scottish Government, expressing grave and deep concern over the Scottish Government's failure to provide certainty surrounding the £6.6 million Grant …
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. …
AIM: STEVIE – OUTSIDER ARTIST, by Mike Inglis
Short film with and about Stephen Finlay, maker of Cullen Pet Cemetery, an outsider art environment of international interest about which little is known outside of the local community. …
AIM: My_co_ Meditation with Simone Kenyon
My_co_ Meditation is a walk and guided meditation to explore our collective and individual ways of imagining and relating to fungi and the wider woodland within our reach. …
AIM: Recycled S:ounds, Dave Martin with Nathan Mills
A live audio performance on headphones at Wastebusters in Forres. Featuring sounds and recorded conversations all from Wastebusters which will be sampled and mixed to create a unique sound experience. …
AIM: One Woman Show: I HEAR YOU, Salma Francoise Faraji
BOOKING REQUIRED. Salma is sharing a story which breaks a long-held and necessary silence. She is exploring BSL (British Sign Language) as a dance language. This work was developed in Moray where Salma experienced race issues. She …