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Mission
RISE ARTS invites inquisitive minds to explore the intersection of movement, film & all art forms to encourage multidisciplinary interplay.
All of this is possible while strengthening the voice of the artist and prioritizing our well-being as we develop new ways of moving through process.
RISE aims to dissect & experiment with artistic process to find our creative roots. Our layer cake of creative habits must be savored and celebrated.
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FILM NEWS
UPCOMING SCREENING!
As Big as the Sky will have its Seattle premiere at the PNB Dance Film Festival! This festival is directed by Price Suddarth, PNB soloist, choreographer& filmmaker. We are honored to have had our film chosen by this year’s jury :
2024 Jury Members
Tamara Rojo – Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet
Lourdes Lopez – Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet
Hope Muir – Artistic Director of National Ballet of Canada
Congratulations to our fellow filmmakers in this festival!
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WHAT CAME WITH SPRING will screen very soon!
It is documentary following an original stage work conceived, directed, & choreographed by Christian Warner in collaboration with KC musical duo THE BLACK CREATURES for Owen/Cox Dance Group. Stay tuned for details.
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a f t e r • h o u r s
Lindsay Clipner’s choreographic premiere, a f t e r h o u r s will debut at the MAKING MOVES FESTIVAL at Charlotte Street Foundation June 9 & 10.
a f t e r h o u r s : wanderings within a nocturnal atmosphere through the lens of synesthesia
Dancers : Haley Kostas, Jeremy Hanson, Tessa McNeil
Music : Lune Ruse, Los Amparito, Frankie Reyes, Cal Tjader
curated by Jeramy Zimmerman
JUNE 8-10
6 local Kansas City Contemporary Choreographers : Kennedy Banks, Alexis Borth, Lindsay Clipner, Olivia Emert, Kyle Mullins, Jeramy Zimmerman
Further performances in San Francisco & Los Angeles with live music by LUNE RUSE, stay tuned!
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What Came with Spring
Stay tuned for details about the upcoming premiere of this short documentary, featuring THE BLACK CREATURES, choreographer / director Christian Warner & OWEN/COX Dance Company.
WHAT CAME WITH SPRING is a short documentary about engaging with the community in conversation about the Black experience through choreographic medium & performance. It challenges the audience to take this conversation beyond the theater and into the world. Through Christian Warner's choreographic exploration, he leans on his research about the history of vaudeville and minstrelsy in Kansas City and explores a stunning score by THE BLACK CREATURES. Each artist dissects their character roles within the production, pulling from their ancestors, their supportive creative process and their own life experience.
Dancers : Christopher Page-Sanders, Shaina McGregor, Taylor Collier, Sam McReynolds, Emara Vonaé, Christian Warner, dramaturge : Jeremy dé Jon
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In Conversation with Merce
A unique choreographic exploration In Conversation with Merce Cunningham.
RISE ARTS has been honored to bring Merce Cunningham’s work to Kansas City for the first time in 20 years. Followed by a second exploration in San Francisco in December 2023.
Staged by Trustee Patricia Lent and Dylan Crossman, the local choreographers & dancers explored Merce’s work, 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴.
We welcomed choreographers Tristian Griffin & Tempe Ostergren to engage in this conversation, as well as dancers James Kirby Rogers, Alexis Borth, Erin Mesaros and Sarah McGuire.
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As Big As the Sky
A deep desire to return to the imaginative soul we were born to be inspires a new and colorful transparency as we age.
With permission granted by internationally renowned artist, James Turrell, we were honored to film within his sculpture, Three Gems ⓒ 2005, in San Francisco at the de Young Museum. His work explores the way that light and space impact the eye, body, and mind with the force of spiritual awakening. Our character’s journey through his childhood memories, juxtaposed with the monotony of middle-age unfold beautifully within the concrete vessel of Turrell’s Skyspace : Three Gems ⓒ 2005.