Breathe
News and Dates
30th April
Breathe give a talk at Fierce! Talks… a series of talks, led by some of the UK’s leading contemporary live art practitioners. Each presentation will provide an insight into the artists practice, as well as exploring processes and work development. There will be an opportunity for audiences to participate in a Questions & Answers session following each talk. The series starts 16th April.
All talks are FREE and will take place at 2.00pm at School of Art, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B1 3BX.
Places are limited so please book in advance by calling Andrew Tims, Creative Learning Manager at Fierce! Festival on
T: 0121 244 8080 or E: andrew@fierceearth.com
3rd May
Crossed Wires will be presented at Chelsea Theatre on Dr Roberts Magic Bus. Limited capacity book to ensure your place.
www.chelseatheatre.org.uk Box office: 020 7349 7811 tickets: £8 (£5)
15th, 16th and 17th May
Breathe presents Just To(o) Long(?) at Battersea Arts Centre as part of their BURST festival. Limited capacity book to ensure your place.
www.bac.org.uk Box office: 020 7223 2223 tickets: £10 (£6)
28-29th June
Breathe will be presenting work at the opening of THE pUBLIC. Saturday you can see Breathe on the streets of West Bromwich meeting the public and on Sunday Breathe will be hosting a tea dance and presenting their work Will you dance with me? With special thanks to Simon Zimmerman and Timothy Guidotti.
See website for a PDF programme of the opening weekend.
5th and 6th July
Breathe present new work, The Hat Shop.
Commissioned for the opening season of the brand new venue Cornershop, Winchester. Developed and curated by Jane Watson and Sacha Lee.
www.cornershopwinchester.co.uk
18th, 19th and 20th July
Breathe present Will you dance with me? at Latitude Festival 2008,
music and art, inspiration and creativity, fun and frolics in beautiful surroundings on the Suffolk coast.
8th October
College of West Anglia
We will be giving a lecture giving an insight into our work and practice an exhibition will be installed and will be accessable until 23rd October.
29th and 30th November
Breathe present Just To(o) Long(?) held in a secret location as part of Threshold in Margate. Threshold is a festival of intimate performances in domestic settings. This winter, cross the threshold of a stranger’s home … encounter a warm welcome and experience a heart-warming performance.
Details of performance dates mentioned plus further dates across the country comming soon!
- read Emma Bennett's article written in response to our wrok The Hat Shop, presented July 2008 at the cornershop, Winchester.
Their work is less an eye-catching contraption and more like a rumour,
a subtle intervention, a delicate thing.
- read Guardian comment on latest showing of Crossed Wires at Chelsea Theatre.
'I still remember the queasy sensation that passers-by knew
just what I was up to.' Guardian Unlimited
-Breathe mentioned in Febuary's issue of Vogue UK.
click for PDF of Vogue UK page
- Breathe give a 5min interview for the Arts Council East
click for PDF of the News Arts Council England, East.
- For a copy of our lastest DVD (£5 including p&p) please email a request.
- Breathe are now working across the channel as the artists are now living and working in the UK and France.
- The Longhouse publication of our community project commission:
Dancing with Strangers is now availble. For a copy of the publication please email a request.
- Natalie has been awarded DRAC funding to support a live art education project in France to take place 2007/2008.
