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). 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.

Breathing Volumes

Chris Leuenberger

A PERFORMANCE RESEARCH PROJECT by Chris Leuenberger & Vivian Wang Led by choreographer/dancer Chris Leuenberger and composer/sound-artist/researcher Vivian Wang, Breathing Volumes is a long-term, process-oriented performance research project exploring the political, social and philosophical dimensions of breathing.The research is based on the premise that humans are biologically tubed to respond to breath sounds. As a sign that we… Continue reading Breathing Volumes

NEU: ATEM-LABOR IM TANZHAUS BERN AB 21. MÄRZ 2023

Chris Leuenberger

Im einmal pro Monat stattfindenden Atem-Labor teilt Chris Leuenberger Methoden und Tools seiner langjährigen Recherche zum performativen und choreografischen Potenzial des Atems.In seiner künstlerischen Praxis rund um das Atmen interessiert ihn sowohl die Körperlichkeit des Atems (die Art und Weise, wie er Bewegung formt und beeinflusst) als auch dessen Klangfülle (die Art und Weise, wie… Continue reading NEU: ATEM-LABOR IM TANZHAUS BERN AB 21. MÄRZ 2023

TOUCH ISOLATION – TOUR 2022

Chris Leuenberger

TOUCH ISOLATION - press photo Silvia Rohrbach Shows in Zürich, Lausanne, Chur and Bern coming up! February 4, 5 Touch Isolation by Schwald/Leuenberger, Yeah Yeah Yeah Festival Zürich,  www.rotefabrik.ch March 18, 19 Touch Isolation by Schwald/Leuenberger, théâtre Sévelin 36 Lausanne, www.theatresevelin36.ch March 22 Touch Isolation by Schwald/Leuenberger, Theater Chur, www.theaterchur.ch March 29, 30 Touch Isolation by Schwald/Leuenberger, Dampfzentrale Bern, www.dampfzentrale.ch https://vimeo.com/667699925 Even before the Corona crisis,… Continue reading TOUCH ISOLATION – TOUR 2022