Breath shows the things people have in common: everyone laughs, longs, makes love, dies, dreams, sleeps, and breathes. Roos visualises universally recognisable emotions and events. Breath deals with the bonds between everyone and everything, with your place within the bigger picture. Recognisable facial expressions transform into extremes: from joy to resistance, from despair to surrender, from frustration to love. This is her first performance with a regular audience set-up, designed by Theun Mosk.
Concept and direction: Roos van Geffen
Lightdesign and concept for the space: Theun Mosk
Soundcomposition: Labyrinthitis of Jacob Kierkegaard , a composition that already existed, borrowed from the composer and used with his permission.
Performers: Jeannette van Steen, Nathalie Smoor, Fried Mertens, Thijs Bloothoofd, Anne van Balen
Advise: Marc Vanrunxt, Yvonne Franquinet
Intern design: Laura Groeneveld
Technical support: Michel van Schouten
Head of production: Antwan Cornelissen
Setbuilder: Quirijn Smits and Martin Mulder
Head of location: Michka Shell
Producent: Huis a/d Werf
Photo's: Anna van Kooij, Jochem Jurgens
Thanks to: Stichting NUcultuur, db Studio
De Volkskrant: **** As intens but al lot funnier is the latest piece Breath of Roos van Geffen.
Algemeen Dagblad: Admirable is the way the actors dare to expose themselves. (…) The end is beautiful.
NRC: Experiencing is more important than understanding, and it is an intense encounter (…) It is easy to take a distance, but at the same time it feels close, recognizable, humane.
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