Author: Chris Leuenberger

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). He is co-founder of the artists’ collectives White Horse and Sweet&Tender Collaborations. 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 intense studies of yoga and pranayama he has become interested in the choreographic potential of breath, a fascination made visible and tangible in several of his dance pieces: MASCULINITY (2008), SOPLO DE VIDA (2012) and ORGANISATION (2015). His work KREUTZBERG, a collaboration with author and theater director Marcel Schwald, was awarded with the Swiss Cultural Heritage Award in Dance.

AIN’T GOT NO, I GOT PRIVILEGE

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 Chris Leuenberger

A COLLABORATION BY FATIN ABBAS & CHRIS LEUENBERGER photo credit @ Peter van Heesen What happens when two white men, a Sudanese-American author, a Dalit activist and a diverse group of five female Outside Eyes dig into the question of privilege? The starting point and musical score of the choreography, which explores the loaded valences… Continue reading AIN’T GOT NO, I GOT PRIVILEGE