a performance research project by Chris Leuenberger & Vivian Wang
photo by Stéphane Ferrer Yulianti
Breathing Volumes invites you into a multi sensory space of breath, listening and deep consciousness. The performers activate a series of breath scores, creating resonating harbors for sensation, emotion, imagination and memory. By means of simple breath sequences and prompts that may or may not be followed, visitors are invited to participate or simply be present in the experience.
Sound artist-researcher Vivian Wang (Zürich) and choreographer Chris Leuenberger (Bern) share a strong interest in breath and its inherent performative potential in producing sound and movement. In their artistic practices, they examine breath’s physicality and the human propensity to respond to sounds in this realm. Together with performance artist Benjamin Sunarjo (Biel), breath becomes the core material for artistic experimentation.
A first public performance of Breathing Volumes was presented in the chapel of the Bern Krematorium in the context of Krema-Festival Bern on August 12 2023. www.krema-festival.ch
with the generous support of Burgergemeinde Bern, Else v. Sick Stiftung, Gesellschaft zu Schuhmachern, Gesellschaft zu Zimmerleuten.
Breathing Volumes Trailer / Camera: Silvia Rohrbach, Editing: Chris Leuenberger
On September 13th Breathing Volumes #2 was presented at Prozess Kultur Bar in the context of the BETA Stage Festival Bern. This time the performance artists Yadanar Win and Kolatt as well as dancer Eiru Tsin led the audience through the experience.
Switzerland, Zurich 2023-09-13. Breathing Volume show in Zurich, Switzerland France. Photography by Stephane Ferrer Yulianti / Hans Lucas.
Suisse, Zurich 2023-09-13.
le spectacle breathing Volume, a Zurich, Switzerland.
Photographie de Stephane Ferrer Yulianti / Hans Lucas.Switzerland, Zurich 2023-09-13. Breathing Volume show in Zurich, Switzerland France. Photography by Stephane Ferrer Yulianti / Hans Lucas.
Suisse, Zurich 2023-09-13.
le spectacle breathing Volume, a Zurich, Switzerland.
Photographie de Stephane Ferrer Yulianti / Hans Lucas.Switzerland, Zurich 2023-09-13. Breathing Volume show in Zurich, Switzerland France. Photography by Stephane Ferrer Yulianti / Hans Lucas. Suisse, Zurich 2023-09-13. le spec1tacle breathing Volume, a Zurich, Switzerland. Photographie de Stephane Ferrer Yulianti / Hans Lucas.
Chris Leuenberger studied theater at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (USA) and dance and choreography at the School for New Dance Development (NL). Based in Bern as a freelance choreographer and dancer, Chris collaborates with different artists in various contexts and constellations, keeps developing his own work and performs for others. Through the practice of yoga and pranayama he has become interested in the choreographic potential of breath, a fascination made visible and tangible throughout his artistic work. Since 2014 Leuenberger has started to collaborate more closely with author and theatre director Marcel Schwald, developing a body of work that merges choreography and autobiographical material. Their documentary dance performances KREUTZBERG (2015), EF_FEMININITY (2018) and TOUCH ISOLATION (2021) examine pressing social issues connected to gender and identity politics. While KREUTZBERG was commissioned with the Swiss culture grant "Tanzerbe Schweiz" in 2014, EF_FEMININITY was invited to the Theater Festival Impulse in Düsseldorf and the Sélection Suisse in Avignon in 2019, and TOUCH ISOLATION was selected by the Programmers' Fund of Reso - Swiss Dance Network.
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