Lives of Performers - Movie

Lives of Performers

Yvonne Rainer
Experimental : 90' / Avantgarde, Women, Dance, Gender Studies, Performance

A stark and revealing examination of romantic alliances, the film - originally part of a dance performance choreographed by Rainer - examines the dilemma of a man who can’t choose between two women and makes them both suffer.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa

September 26 | 21h30 | Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala M. Félix Ribeiro Buy Tickets

Sections: Retrospective
+ Info: https://www.kinolorberinternational.com

/ Details

Year: 1972

Country: USA

Language: english

Subtitles: portuguese

With: John Erdman, Valda Setterfield, Shirley Soffer, Fernando Torm

/ Direction

Yvonne Rainer

USA

Yvonne Rainer (San Francisco, 1934) is an American choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker. A pioneering figure of the American avant-garde movement with a career spanning over five decades across dance and film, Rainer’s artistic work has emphasized minimalism and experimentalism and has challenged conventional form to explore subversive political and social themes. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential performance artists of the twentieth century.

Filmography

Selection:

1996 - Murder and Murder (Feature Film)
1990 - Privilege (Experimental Feature)
1985 - The Man Who Envied Women (Feature Film)
1980 - Journeys from Berlin/1971 (Feature Film)
1976 - Kristina Talking Pictures (Feature Film)
1974 - Film about a Woman Who… (Experimental Feature)
1972 - Lives of Performers (Experimental Feature)
1966 - Trio Film (Experimental Short)
1967 - Volleyball (Foot Film) (Experimental Short)
1966 - Hand Film (Experimental Short)