Yvonne Rainer Movies

  • 2002
    After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid

    After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid

    After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid

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    Yvonne Rainer combines a dance performance she choreographed for Mikhail Barryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project in 2000 with texts by Oscar...

    After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid
  • 1970
    Trio A with Flags

    Trio A with Flags

    Trio A with Flags

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    Judson Memorial Church on the occasion of the People’s Flag Show, 1970. Film by Rudi Stern, John Reilly. Performers: David Gordon, Nancy Green,...

    Trio A with Flags
  • 2023
    I Cannot Now Recall

    I Cannot Now Recall

    I Cannot Now Recall

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    In I Cannot Now Recall, a collection of Yvonne Rainer's dreams are presented, selected by the filmmaker from Rainer's journals. Through choice and...

    I Cannot Now Recall
  • 1969
    Line

    Line

    Line

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    A blond woman (Susan Marshall) in white pants and shirt interacts with a moving round object and the camera. Camerawork by Phill Niblock.

    Line
  • 1978
    Trio A

    Trio A

    Trio A

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    First performed in 1966, Trio A consists of an approximately five-minute sequence of discrete movements that, with the exception of walking, are...

    Trio A
  • 2002
    Rainer Variations

    Rainer Variations

    Rainer Variations

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    "For me Rainer Variations is a hybrid: a weave of impressionistic portrait, found footage construction, and video sampler. Aside from formal issues,...

    Rainer Variations
  • 1968
    Rhode Island Red

    Rhode Island Red

    Rhode Island Red

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    Ten minutes in an enormous chicken coop. Camerawork by Roy Levin.

    Rhode Island Red