working on ‘breath pieces’ with Rosanna Irvine

Over the past few weeks I have been meeting with Rosanna Irvine to develop an element for the performance project Breath Pieces. This aspect of the project will premiere at Tramway in Glasgow on Saturday 23rd June.

Breath Pieces draws on Eastern breath practices – including martial arts and yoga – to investigate the material and energetic qualities of breath. Conceived as an expanded choreographic project, it operates across art forms in the creation of multiple pieces. In each piece the actuality of the breathing breath is the driving force for the visceral emerging of kinetic, sonic and visual imagery. The event at Tramway brings together many of the pieces in an immersive performance experience. Each piece is distinct though at times overlapping or interacting with other pieces. Audience is mobile. Breath is everywhere.

The work is part of an ongoing research project Breath Pieces by Rosanna Irvine.

More information and booking via the Tramway website

 

Breathing Line for Dance4 in Nottingham on Sept 9 2017

On September 9th I will be one of seven performers in the premiere presentation of Breathing Line by Rosanna Irvine.

Breathing Line is a live event, part human sculpture, part series of actions and exchanges, that will happen in Sneinton Market, Nottingham between 1130 and 1400hrs on Saturday 9th September. The work begins with a group of closely coordinated performers processing through the streets near the Market. Marking their passage, they lay a trail of £1 coins. Participants are then asked to commit to a positive action in exchange for 10 of these pound coins. The work raises questions around exchange and transaction, and invites reflection on our sense of value and what we imagine a positive action might be.

Breathing Line is commissioned and produced by Dance4.

It is part of Rosanna Irvine’s Figure Series, funded by Arts Council England.

Rosanna has posted a short piece discussing the background to the work here

 

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