Catching my Breath – first phase – Nadar studio residency

‘We breathe up to 20.000 times a day, most of the time unconsciously. But our breathing is so linked to our nervous system and emotions that it changes constantly. We hold our breath when we’re scared, breathe faster when we’re nervous and sometimes we really have to sigh it out when tention has build.

Can the way a performer breathes influence the emotional state of the audience members? How can breathing sounds and patterns and movement be the key artistic component of a piece? 

In this residency I will investigate these questions and build up a lexicon of breathing sounds and patterns as a basis for improvisation and compositions.

During the residency I will work with composers Malin Bång and Maija Hynninen and flutist Kathryn Williams.’ (Katrien Gaelens)