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Bookmark this pageLives of Performers (1972)
Director: Yvonne Rainer
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From Time Out Film Guide
Yvonne Rainer's characteristically witty and episodic first feature draws together the different strands of her own work (as dancer, choreographer, director) in a multi-faceted reflection of and on the elements of role playing within role playing. Three dancers, whose emotional triangle provides the film's narrative centre, are observed - from one another's points of view, in rehearsal and performance, public and private, expressing their own feelings and other people's - with Babette Mangolte's tightly choreographed camerawork visually equating Rainer's zig-zagging approach to a central theme.Author: JD
Cast & crew
Director: Yvonne Rainer
Cast: John Erdman, Valda Setterfield, Shirley Soffer, Fernando Torm, James Barth, Tannis Huill, Epp Kotkas, Sarah Soffer, Yvonne Rainer full cast
Duration: 90 mins
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