TIDE reflects on the passage of time uncovering the marks of change and impermanence present in all aspects of our life.
The performance is designed for spaces that often have a distinctive character, as they were used for craft or industrial purposes in the past and are now resisting gentrification. These spaces are characterized by a sense of impermanence, almost as fleeting as a real-time performance itself.
At a time when many of these unique places are disappearing, we feel the urge to inhabit them with our bodies and instruments. Creating dance and music in these spaces is a way to not only keep them alive in the present moment, but also to carry their energy and raw beauty with us as a memory, honoring their story and existence.

Gaston Bachelard writes “….We reach a point where we doubt that we ever lived where we lived (…) This house, as I see it, is sort of an airy structure that moves about on the breath of time. It really is open to the wind of another time. (…) The universe comes to inhabit the house.”
Bachelard, G., “House and Universe” in The Poetics of Space, 1957

Choreography, dance: Gianna Grünig, Bettina Neuhaus
Bass: Martina Berther
Camera: Zoë Dowlen
Trailer: Gianna Grünig
Photos: Manuela Müller

Performances: May 22, 2025 at Rotes Haus, Luzern and May 23, 2025 at Tripity, Bern
Rotes Haus in Luzern was a water-gas splitting electricity building. Tripity in Bern used to be a carpentry workshop.

Thanks to Fuka-Fonds Stadt Luzern and Luzern Plus for their kind support.