Yvonne Rainer: A Truncated History of the Universe for Dummies; a Rant Dance

Showings

Main Theater - Michigan Theater Thu, Mar 22, 2018 5:10 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Special Program
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Yvonne Rainer

Description

Yvonne Rainer, one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater (1962), made a transition to filmmaking following a 15-year career as a choreographer/dancer (1960 – 1975). Her experimental feature-length films include Lives of Performers (1972), Privilege (1990), MURDER and murder (1996), and many others. Rainer returned to dance in 2000 via a commission from the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation (After Many a Summer Dies the Swan). Museum retrospectives of her work—including drawings, photos, films, notebooks, and memorabilia—have been presented at Kunsthaus Bregenz (Bregenz, Austria); Museum Ludwig (Cologne, Germany); the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles); le Jeu de Paume, l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, and La Ferme du Buisson (Paris); and Raven Row (London). She is a recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a U.S.A. Fellowship. Prior to Rainer’s presentation, organist Stephen Warner performs a live accompaniment to Buster Keaton’s One Week (1920). The first release for Keaton's studio, One Week is a slapstick parody of a 1919 Ford Motor Company documentary called Home Made. It depicts a newlywed couple building a prefabricated house with all the perils and complications introduced by a jealous suitor.