Breath Made Visible

Anna Halprin: Le souffle de la danse

Switzerland / United States, August 2009
FILM, Documentary, 80 min.

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directed by
Ruedi Gerber
Written by
Ruedi Gerber
Status
In distribution
Website
www.breathmadevisible.com

The first feature length film about Anna Halprin, the American dance pioneer. The film shows in intense images and testimonials the life and work of this dance and performance icon who has succeeded in fusing art and life. For seven decades, Halprin has asked herself: What is dance? Her search for an answer has initiated an era of experimentation in theater, music, happenings and performance art in the USA and has helped in a decisive way to redefine dance. She is committed to a belief in the connection between movement and the healing power of dance.
This cinematic portrait takes its audience from Halprin's first comic dances and experimental performances on a dance deck under Californian redwood trees through her spectacular tours to Europe, her withdrawal from the stage due to illness to her triumphal return to the stage.

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World Premiere
August 2009
Original Version
English,  colour, Digi Beta, 80 min.
Production
ZAS Film AG, ZAS Film NY
Producer
Ruedi Gerber, Mike King
directed by
Ruedi Gerber
Written by
Ruedi Gerber
Cinemato­graphy
Adam Teichman
Editing
Françoise Dumoulin, C. Peters
Sound Editing
Margaret Crimmins
Re-Recording Mix
Tony Volante

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Accent Films International Ltd.

Worldwide Distribution

France
Nour Films Distribution
Release date: 14.11.2012
Germany
barnsteiner-film Distribution
Release date: 15.07.2010
Sweden
SVT Sveriges Television AB TV Rights
Switzerland
Rialto Film AG Distribution

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