Stephan Herwig: BREATHER

In the organizer's words:

In Stephan Herwig's first new production since 2022, he and his two dancers create a constantly changing, moving body sculpture. In constant connection, the two bodies merge and interweave with each other, becoming one. Between associations of mystical mythical creatures, AI-generated body impossibilities or planets orbiting around themselves, their appearance "morphs" in a continuous flow. Starting with their breath, they explore and investigate closeness, tenderness and sensuality under a floating stage object by Mirella Oestreicher that hangs close above them.

"For me, BREATHER is a kind of creation story that does not follow a classic theatrical scene structure. The dancers explore their playing spaces in real time, constantly rebalancing themselves and exploring the boundaries of their interaction in the here and now, as if they had to relearn their skills each time. I want to show works that deal with the now situation and invite us viewers to witness an organic process that happens in the moment and is not a repetition of perfectly rehearsed routines." - Stephan Herwig

CAST
Artistic direction + choreography: Stephan Herwig | dance + creation: Fabian Riess, Alessandro Sollima | dramaturgical advice: Maxwell McCarthy | set design: Mirella Oestreicher | music: Ben Meerwein | lighting design: Michael Kunitsch | production management: Jan Termin | PR: Beate Zeller

FUNDING
Funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich. Stephan Herwig is a member of Tanztendenz München e.V. The production had a residency at EinTanzHaus Mannheim in December 2023 in cooperation with the Schwindelfrei Festival as part of Tanz Süd, made possible by the Netzwerkbündnis München-Nürnberg - sehen und gesehen werden, funded by the Bayerischer Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz (BLZT) with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts.