Beyond Gravity

Breath’In You is a solo performance by Laura Waltz that explores how vitality manifests itself in various forms of embodiment: from the dancing human body, through the animation of analogue materials, to the live embodiment of digital avatars. By applying principles of puppetry to both physical and digital bodies, Waltz develops a unique performative language that embodies organic, material and virtual bodies. In this fusion, Breath’In You explores contradictions of presence, illusions of vitality and the question of what happens when multiple forms of vitality and bodily materials encounter one another on stage. The interaction between embodied forms made of flesh, material and digital forms creates a sensory and empathetic experience that opens up new ways of perceiving digital embodiment.