RISE
— happening now!
— happening now!
— being created!
— coming soon!
IF YOU’RE HUNGRY YOU SHALL BE FED. RISE is the first work in the Artisan Series. RISE is an original dance theatre production that explores the creation of community through the baking of bread. Take raw instinct & basic physical need, mix with wheat, water, honey, yeast & salt then knead, rise bake, serve & eat. RISE is the transformation of raw instinct into ritual, of wheat into bread, and of an audience into a community.
Performance & credits:
Choreography by Sacha Copland, Music by Thomas Press, Production Design by Meggan Rollandi, Cast and Creators Natalie Hona, Alana Sargent, Will Barling, Brian Grannan, Anne Brashier, Nik Jarvie, Production Management by Derek Simpson. Premiered as a STAB Commission, BATS Theatre.
Honest conversation reviews:
“I have never really seen anything like it before; the connection with the audience was electric.”
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Sameena Zehra
"Somewhere between standup comedy, a physical competition, an intergenerational back-and-forth and a celebration of mauri / life force."
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Audience member
"The audience loved it, the terrain of the conversation and the honesty exhibited was compelling."
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Theatreview
“Covered in flour and dough trembling with exhaustion these performers launch out into new and unknown vistas artistically. This is exciting and bodes well for future explorations by Java – no turning back"
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Lyne Pringle, Theatreview
“Everything about it was stupendous, from the stunning concept of using the discovery of bread as an allegory of the development of human civilisation and community..."
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Colin, Audience Member
“It was sensual and also completely sensory - watching, smelling, feeling and hearing the action"
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Merrilee McCoy, Comedian
