Excited for our film ‘Reverence’ to be included in Dance (Lens); Dancehouse’s biennial festival of dance on screen from 10-12 July 2025.
‘Reverence’ screens within Official Selection #3, 6.30 pm Saturday 12th of July. Powerful journeys crossing timeless cycles of spirit, memory, collective
power and reverence of nature. With works by; Efren Pamilacan, Jude Walton, Outer Urban Projects, Tara Jade Samaya and Pippa Samaya and
Rebekah Stuart. ‘Reverence’ - Film maker Mischa Baka and dancer Rebekah stuart.
Reverence (2025), by Rebekah Stuart
Reverence follows dancer Rebekah Stuart, raised in a family immersed in the practice of reverence, first through the church where her father preached and now through cultural festivals that gather communities in shared experience. Her work examines how reverence, once structured by doctrine and collective worship, persists beyond its original frame. Through movement, she engages with faith as an embodied act, stepping into the ocean without looking, trusting the landscape. At times she surrenders to natural forces, at others she asserts human presence through deliberate gesture. A moment of rupture suggests a sublime force. Displaced from its origins, it must find a way to continue.
Supported by The F Project, Warrnambool
Director, Choreographer, Dancer Rebekah Stuart
Cinematographer, Editor Mischa Baka
Composer Cleis Pearce