Rise (2022)

The dance sequences in Rise

5 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.

1. Collective improvisation against the wind

   Contemporary dance improvisation

   A collective on a hiking path leans, resists, and moves into the wind in one of the film's most lyrical outdoor passages.

   The dancers answer the Morbihan wind as a group, letting weather become a live choreographic force and making recovery feel spontaneous and porous.

   Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp, individual performer allocation, or choreographer for this improvisation was published. ResMusica identifies the collective wind improvisation on a Morbihan path. No exact dance_key exists for contemporary dance improvisation.

2. Final contemporary performance at La Villette

   Contemporary dance

   Danced by Marion Barbeau; Hofesh Shechter Company · Choreography Hofesh Shechter

   At La Villette, Elise performs the company's new work in a life-affirming surge of grounded, rhythmic ensemble movement.

   The staged finale completes Elise's shift from classical isolation to Shechter's pulsing ensemble language without disguising the hard physical work behind it.

   Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was published. ResMusica locates the final performance at La Villette and identifies Elise as creating the new show; the Hofesh Shechter Company officially credits Shechter's choreography. Contemporary dance has no exact dance_key in the supplied taxonomy.

3. Opening La Bayadère performance and fall

   Classical Ballet

   Danced by Marion Barbeau · Choreography Florence Clerc (after Marius Petipa)

   Elise sees her partner's betrayal in the wings, bourrées on in shock, dances briefly, and crashes hard enough for the curtain to come down.

   The film opens by intercutting Elise's backstage shock with her Act I performance of La Bayadère, making classical technique carry the narrative before the fall stops the stage.

   Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was published. ResMusica identifies Act I, Marion Barbeau, and Florence Clerc's choreography after Petipa; U.S. rental/streaming availability was checked via JustWatch on 2026-08-14.

4. Trust exercises beside the sea

   Contemporary dance

   Danced by Marion Barbeau; Hofesh Shechter Company · Choreography Hofesh Shechter

   Elise joins the troupe beside the sea, the blustery Brittany coast framing linked bodies and newly shared confidence.

   Locking arms in playful coastal trust work turns Elise's recovery into a communal physical practice rather than a solitary comeback.

   Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was published. Pointe explicitly places Elise in the linked-arm trust exercises beside the sea; contemporary dance has no exact dance_key in the supplied taxonomy.

5. Watching the company’s grounded daily class

   Contemporary dance

   Danced by Hofesh Shechter Company · Choreography Hofesh Shechter

   Elise watches the troupe stomp and shrug through class, curious about a physical world far removed from pointe work.

   The grounded stomps and shoulder-driven phrasing visibly overturn Elise's ballet-only assumptions and establish the movement vocabulary she must learn.

   Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was published. Pointe describes the daily class; the Hofesh Shechter Company officially credits Shechter with the film's choreography and lists the company dancers. Contemporary dance has no exact dance_key in the supplied taxonomy.