From a study of respiration to the art of breathing and composing

For Myriam Gourfink, dance is guided by the elasticity of breathing movements. By giving yourself the necessary time for a genuine sensation, dancers understand that breathing, and cellular respiration, allow them to constantly shift their body weight, millimetre by millimetre, while remaining completely in balance. This dance is born from the imbrication of time which the performer accepts so as to effect it, from her knowledge of the distribution of weight and counterweight so as to move without tension, with amplitude and respiratory fluidity.