“‘“Highly emotional - Reviving Her has revealed so many untouched emotions””
An early stages research by northern rascals
REVIVING HER
A timely and vital work, Reviving Her explores themes of female safety, identity and empowerment.
Birthed from Co-Artistic Director Anna’s personal experiences, the project sifts through the layers of the generational and societal trauma of living under the male gaze.
Reviving Her aims for it’s audiences and participants to gain a better understanding of what it means to be a young woman in today’s society, and to reconnect them with their authentic self found buried under the weight of patriarchal and capitalist structures.
As standard with Northern Rascals’ practice, the thematic content of the work is then interrogated and further informed directly by the target audience of the work via tailored outreach. With Reviving Her, this target audience has been defined as young women aged 16-30. This activity includes classes, sharings and workshops with a focus group of young women. With permission, Northern Rascals takes these findings and allows them to shape the creative research conducted in the studio with their highly acclaimed creative team.
Team
Creation & Direction Northern Rascals
Writer Anna Holmes
Producer Callum Holt
Collaborative Dance Artists Grace Ford
Bea Cz, Fern Grimbley, Rose Aida
Photographer Elly Welford
Videographer Aaron Howell
Dramaturg Geoff Colman
“Reviving Her is full of powerful images, there’s a certain aura of defiance - an enclosed, imprisoned atmosphere vs the freedom and supposed “temptation” of the dancers. There’s an element of vulnerability, but it seems as though each individual is united; equidistant for support and protection. It’s an interesting social commentary on women. Amazing work!”
BOOKINGS
REVIVING HER will be undergoing its second research & development period in early 2024. Please contact Executive Producer Anna Holmes on northernrascals@gmail.com for bookings, commissions and information on how to get involved.
Supported by public funding through Arts Council England
Reviews for Northern Rascals’ Work
AUDIENCE
"BRAVE AND POETIC, THIS COMPANY DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT WANTS TO DO"
"A COMPOSITION OF PHYISCAL AND SOUND AND VISUAL THAT IS FULL OF DEPTH"
"ITS BEYOND WORDS, I COULD FEEL THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR WOES. THE WRITING IS BEAUTIFUL. DREAMLIKE - YOU WILL GET LOST IN IT"
"THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING ELSE I'VE EVER SEEN"
"EVOCATIVE AND BEAUTIFUL - THE SPACE MORPHS AND MERGES WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE MOVEMENT TO BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURE THE RESTRICTIONS OF OUR INNER WORLD"
"CAPTIVATING, POWERFUL, POETIC AND BEAUTIFUL. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL"
"THE PRODUCTION, MOVEMENT AND WRITING ALL COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE...I WOULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS HAVE DREAMT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT WAS ENIGMATIC, POETIC AND ROMANTIC"
PRESS
'A CLEVER, VIBRANT AND CHALLENGING PIECE' - NORTH WEST END
'IMAGINATIVELY IMPRESSIONISTIC' - THE REVIEWS HUB
'TIMELY... PLACES YOUNG PEOPLE FRONT AND CENTRE' - THE STAGE
'EMOTIVE AND MOVING' - WEST END BEST FRIEND
'THIS FILM MUST BE WATCHED' - YORKSHIRE TIMES
'HEARTFELT AND POIGNANT' - REVIEWER NUMBER 9