Ce documentaire montre un groupe de jeunes danseurs qui ont gagné leur vie dans les rues un peu partout en Europe avec le beak dance. Entre-temps, ils sont devenus un groupe de dance célèbre dans la scène hip-hop.

THE RISING SUN è un documentario su un gruppo di giovani ballerini che si guadagnano da vivere esibendosi in Breakdance sulle strade delle città europee. Questi giovani amanti della libertà e della musica sono divenuti uno dei gruppi di danza più famosi della scena Hip-Hop.

“If you want to start a new life, first you have to give up the old one.” And so begins the journey of a lifetime for the eight members of Roc Kidz Crew. Unspectacular in a colourfully painted bus, this multicultural group heads south on the search for a new life. Roc Kidz Crew is a break dance group comprising 6 dierent nationalities, all of whom discovered this particular form of dance sometime between the 1980s and 1990s.

One is a solo artist at the Cirque Du Soleil, another has been immortalised in the Playstation game B-Boy, equipped with the title of world champion and a date with a Hollywood blockbuster dance film. Their journey is already unforgettable; it has already enriched the life of these dancers immeasurably.

But then the moment came. The eight dancers left behind their ordinary life, quit their flats, sold their surplus belongings in order to shoulder a rucksack and set oin a new direction - together as best friends, as a crew, as dancers. It’s not a journey that will fill their pockets or bring them fame, but more than that, it will bring them heart - and the hearts of others. The question stood before them: What are we dancing for? And for whom? What is it that we’re really looking for? A journey, a life, which consisted only of the bare necessities and was full of surprises and positive experiences in whatever country the group happened to be passing through. That this journey will be an important experience for each member was clear from the start. That’s why a camera was always present; filming this special road trip that mainly traversed southern Europe.