Breath Made Visible
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Breath Made Visible is a 2009 documentary film about modern dance legend Anna Halprin
. It is produced and directed by filmmaker Ruedi Gerber. The film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival
where it received the Audience Award Certificate of Excellence and at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009.
Prior to directing his first U.S. feature film, Heartbreak Hospital, Gerber had a number of award-winning documentaries to his credit, including Meta-Mecano and Living With the Spill, a documentary about the Exxon Valdez oil spill
. Gerber is a former Halprin student and a graduate of the New York University
film school, Tisch School of the Arts
in 1990. Before he became a film director, Gerber acted in over 30 plays at theaters throughout Europe including the German State theaters of Mannheim
, Dortmund
, Wuppertal
, and in Vienna
and Basel
.
Anna Halprin
Anna Halprin helped pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to herself as the breaker of modern dance. Halprin, along with her contemporaries such as Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, John Cage, and Robert Morris, collaborated and built a community based...
. It is produced and directed by filmmaker Ruedi Gerber. The film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute. Known as a filmmakers’ festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a non-competitive environment for exhibiting independent and world cinema.Founded in 1978 by MVFF...
where it received the Audience Award Certificate of Excellence and at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009.
Prior to directing his first U.S. feature film, Heartbreak Hospital, Gerber had a number of award-winning documentaries to his credit, including Meta-Mecano and Living With the Spill, a documentary about the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Exxon Valdez oil spill
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused...
. Gerber is a former Halprin student and a graduate of the New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
film school, Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
in 1990. Before he became a film director, Gerber acted in over 30 plays at theaters throughout Europe including the German State theaters of Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
, Wuppertal
Wuppertal
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...
, and in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
.