Breath Made Visible

Breath Made Visible by Swiss film maker Ruedi Gerber is the first feature length film about the life and career of Anna Halprin, the American dance pioneer who has helped redefine our notion of modern art with her belief in dance's power to teach, heal, and transform at all ages of life.

Audience Award Mill Valley Film Festival. Certificate of Excellence.

Film screening: 9th August 2011.
Venue: The Gillis Centre, Edinburgh
Cost: £15/£10 conc.

This film is being shown as part of City Dance Edinburgh

This cinematic portrait blends recent interviews with counterparts such as the late Merce Cunningham, archival footage including her establishment of the first multiracial dance company in the U.S., and excerpts of current performances such as Parades and Changes at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris.

All this weaves a stunning, inspiring account of one of the most important cultural icons in modern dance.

Following the film will be a Question & Answer forum, at which Ruedi Gerber will join us, and an experiential workshop introducing participants to The Halprin Approach and City Dance.