The Dôme de Paris will host The Rise from April 3 to 12, 2026: a dystopian musical by RB Dance Company. According to the press kit, this choreographic and musical project tackles collective identity, belonging and ideological drift through a fiction set in a "New Republic" where a population known as "Barbarians" serve as an underground workforce. The creation is announced in two acts (55 min and 45 min, including intermission) with 33 artists, including 8 children.
This announcement will appeal to the general public interested in musicals and grand choreographic frescoes, as well as to spectators attracted by the themes ofidentity,belonging and nationalism, treated here at a distance by the dreamlike quality of dance and music, according to the note of intent.
The Rise features Ors, the son of a high-ranking civil servant, who is sent to the underworld to prevent an uprising. His encounter with Anna leads him to question the regime, culminating in a revolt that reveals a secret linked to his history. The production features: original urban, orchestral and percussive music sung live; choreography combining tap, jazz, contemporary dance and percussion.
The press material alternates between large group tableaux and more suspended moments, where the rhythm of tap dancing supports the story of uprising, repression and collective dreaming.
The scenography is described as a living machine in mutation: a city in decline that the artists build and deconstruct, with technical elements allowing for evolution on the ground and vertically. The dossier also evokes a progression towards the elements, echoing the artists' quest for identity.
Costumes are inspired by the 1930s-40s: cold, militarized hues for the Regime; earthy, worn colors for the Barbarians. Some sequences will play on propaganda (regime youths in strict uniforms, TV set in pastel pop colors ) to contrast with the darkness of power.
Founded in Paris in 2018 by Romain Rachline-Borgeaud, RB Dance Company aims to modernize tap dance with a more urban and narrative approach. Its first creation, Stories, was performed at the Casino de Paris, Mogador and 13th Art, before dates in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany; the company has been DRAC-approved since 2023.
Romain Rachline-Borgeaud's career includes experience in the United States and, in 2024, choreography for the new production of Les Misérables at the Théâtre du Châtelet, winner of the Molière du Spectacle Musical - useful benchmarks for situating the artistic ambition of The Rise announced here.
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Dates and Opening Time
From April 3, 2026 to April 12, 2026
Location
Dome de Paris
34 Boulevard Victor
75015 Paris 15
Prices
€24 - €89
Booking
www.rbdancecompany.com
