Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

A volleyball is rolled into the frame and comes to rest. Two legs in sneakers, seen from the knees down, enter the frame and stand beside it. Cut to...

Adam Pendleton’s Just Back From Los Angeles: A Portrait of Yvonne Rainer is the third in a series of video portraits, following My Education: A...

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

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

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