2026

a long-duration, site-specific and interactive dance performance 

by performer Valerie Reding & sound artist Tarek Beswick

duration 2h

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The long-duration, site-specific performance breathe unfolds as a playful exchange between the performer, the musician, the surrounding landscape or architecture, and the audience. Reding's body and Beswick's sound, oscillating like a gentle breath, become a bridge that connects the space with those who inhabit it.

 

Through joyful interaction with their environment and by slowing the pace of their movements, the performers invite the audience to awaken their senses and rediscover the details, subtle nuances and quiet magic of their surroundings - elements that often go unnoticed amid the hurried rhythm of everyday life in a consumer-driven society.

breathe is a gentle invitation to reconnect with the playfulness and wonder the earth offers us. It encourages audiences to let sound travel through the body, to slow down, and to start dancing again - alone or together.

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​video trailer: https://vimeo.com/valeriereding/breatheexcerpts

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concept, performance Valerie Reding

sound creation, performance Tarek Beswick

documentation Valerie Reding, Matthias Brunner, Nico Dubosson

production and administration REDart