The type of work you do with participants is challenging and highly important. The physical proxemics, intimacy and visceral, intuitive nature of the work seems like an antidote to modern society.
Teacher Review – Shanghai American School, China
Who are we?
This is the core question explored by D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective in this high-energy physical theatre production.
Commissioned for the Asian Pacific Activities Conference (APAC) 2026 and hosted by the Hong Kong International School, this work brought together 60 young artists from 5 different countries.
In just 3 days, they expertly wove contemporary dance, Butoh, and Theatre Biomechanics into a magical story of diversity, identity, and the power of the human ensemble.
About the Show
When we look outside of that on which we depend, we ignore our unity; looking outward we see many faces; look inward and all is one head. If a man could but be turned about, he would see at once God, and himself, and the All. (Plotinus, The Enneads)
Before the fractures of the modern world, there were four peoples: Earth. Water. Air. Fire. Different in nature yet bound by balance.
Until Fire wanted more.
United: One Community, Many Voices is a sweeping physical theatre epic that reaches into myth to make sense of now—tracing the arc from harmony to domination, from isolation to reconnection. Performed with striking physicality and powerful imagery, United holds a mirror to our own age of division and asks the question every generation must answer for itself: (how) can we find our way back to each other?
But the most powerful thing about United is how it was made. Working with Artistic Director Cesar Genaro and D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective’s ensemble of multicultural artists, a group of young performers devised and staged this production in just three days—collaborating professionally as an ensemble, learning various physical theatre methodologies, and bringing a fully-realised performance to the stage.
Past Shows
3-5 March 2026: APAC Theatre Festival – Hong Kong International School
Reviews
D.I.V.E. gave the participants an awesome experience to remember forever and transformed how some young artists think of theatre.
Teacher Review – Hong Kong International School
Cesar led the creation of an original work where participants started as individuals and ended as an ensemble.
Teacher Review – Brent International School Manila
D.I.V.E. work is challenging, fresh, demanding, risk taking, liberating, collaborative, intense, emotional and amazing,
Teacher Review – UN International School Hanoi
Ensemble
Director: Cesar Genaro
Facilitators: Cesar Genaro, Megan O’Hare, and Bella Wanwei Liu
Performing Artists: APAC Theatre Festival 2026 Ensemble (60 artists from 5 countries)
Creative Producer: Megan O’Hare and Priscila Da Cunha
Sound & Light Design: Cesar Genaro
Choreography: Cesar Genaro, Megan O’Hare, Bella Wanwei Liu and Student Ensemble
Show Info
Run Time
45 minutes with no intermission.
Residency & Artist-in-Residence Program
D.I.V.E. offers United as a 20-hour intensive Physical Theatre Residency for schools and community groups (ages 12–25). This program aligns with the Queensland Senior Drama Curriculum, focusing on physical theatre, ensemble building, and devising.
Booking: Please email [email protected] to request a residency proposal.
Requirements: A large open space (school hall or theatre). One or two smaller rehearsal rooms.
Capacity: 20–60 students.
Photos
Photos by APAC Festival
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