Yvonne Rainer Filmes

  • 1966
    Hand Film

    Hand Film

    Hand Film

    11966HD

    Rainer's first film, Hand Film, was shot by fellow dancer William Davis when Rainer was confined to a hospital bed, recovering from major surgery and...

    Hand Film
  • 1972
    Lives of Performers

    Lives of Performers

    Lives of Performers

    5.31972HD

    Embodying Rainer’s aesthetic rigor and wit, the film combines fiction and documentary, script readings, dance snippets, still photos, and...

    Lives of Performers
  • 1978
    Trio A

    Trio A

    Trio A

    01978HD

    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
  • 1968
    Trio Film

    Trio Film

    Trio Film

    01968HD

    Two nudes, a man and a woman, interact with each other and a large balloon in a white living room. Performed by Steve Paxton and Becky Arnold....

    Trio Film
  • 1975
    What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew

    51975HD

    The film is about looking. I bet that slight variations of few recurrent elements would encourage the viewer to free associate and to fantasize a...

    What Maisie Knew
  • 1970
    Carriage Discreteness

    Carriage Discreteness

    Carriage Discreteness

    01970HD

    "Carriage Discreteness" is a 1966 performance piece by Yvonne Rainer, presented as part of the "9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering" event.

    Carriage Discreteness
  • 2015
    Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer

    Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer

    Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer

    02015HD

    Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer chronicles the defiant, uncompromising, and highly influential ideas of postmodern choreographer and...

    Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer
  • 1969
    Line

    Line

    Line

    01969HD

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

    Line