New Motions, New Pictures

Trio A
The avant-garde choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer in her widely-discussed “minimal” solo.
• Directed by Yvonne Rainer. (1978, 10 mins, silent, Print from Dance Film Archive)

2X Two Dances by Nancy Karp
Jost filmed the performance of Karp's precise, minimalist pieces, “River Canon” and “Reminiscence,” to the music of a Westen gamelan ensemble.
• By Jon Jost. Performers: Nancy Karp and Dancers. (1980, 35 mins, Print from filmmaker)

Perspectives: A Dance Portrait
Through the dialectic of optical printing, Oakland filmmaker Schiapacasse creates a “window pane” matrix of movement and stasis of a dancer's solo.
• By Robert Schiapacasse. Music by Satie. (1980, 15 mins, Print from filmmaker)

One-O-One
Douglas Dunn's performance exhibit “101” demanded that the audience and the camera, for a change, move through a maze to view the motionless dancer.
• By Amy Greenfield. Photographed by Patricia Saunders. Performer: Douglas Dunn. (1975-77, 11 mins, silent, Print from filmmaker)

Trikfilm I
Silhouette briefly tripled in movement and color.
• By George Griffin. (1971, 1 minute, color, Print from Serious Business)

Allusions
Mills College composer/choreographer Payne developed this piece from origination as a videotaped improvisation, then through enhancement by feedback, colorization, and kinescoping.
• By Maggi Payne. Dancers: Maggi Payne and Carla Blank. (1974, 7 mins, color, Print from filmmaker)

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