Dance North’s Rise is a full-day festival of contemporary dance and performance with three special events connecting the body with community and sense of place.
All events can be attended by purchasing a ticket for the full day. There’s no fixed price, just pay what you can and join us for a day of dance, film, food and celebration.
There is no fixed price, just pay what you can!
Advance booking is essential.
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
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: Foco alAire Open Level Workshop
Come along and gain insight into the creative process, movement ideas, costuming and soundscape that went into the making of Foco alAire’s LOStheULTRAMAR, part of RISE 2022. Explore body awareness and