- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 24, 1934
- Place of Birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer was born in San Francisco in 1934. She trained as a modern dancer in New York and began to choreograph her own work in 1960. She was one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater in 1962, a movement that proved to be a vital force in modern dance in the following decades. Between 1962 and 1975 Rainer presented her choreography throughout the U.S. and Europe. In 2000 and 2001 Rainer returned to dance via commissions from the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation to choreograph work for the White Oak Dance Project, including a 35-minute piece called After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Since 1972, Rainer has completed seven feature-length films, beginning with Lives of Performers (1972) and more recently The Man Who Envied Women (1985), Privilege (1990), and MURDER and murder (1996). Rainer has received numerous awards and fellowships for her work, including two Guggenheim Fellowsh…
Filmography
movieI Cannot Now Recall
2023 · Story
Just Back from Los Angeles: A Portrait of Yvonne Rainer
movieJust Back from Los Angeles: A Portrait of Yvonne Rainer
2017
movieFeelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer
2015 · Self
movieWhat Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
movieSalomania
2009
movieAfter Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid
2002 · Director
movieRainer Variations
2002
movieMURDER and murder
1996 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
moviePrivilege
1990 · Helen Caldicott, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieThe Man Who Envied Women
1985 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieHome Movies 1971-81
1985
Cinématon X
movieCinématon X
1980 · N°95
movieJourneys from Berlin/1971
1980 · , Director, Editor
movieGrand Opera: An Historical Romance
1979 · Kristina
movieCinématon
1978 · N°95
movieTrio A
1978 · Director
movieMadame X – An Absolute Ruler
1978 · Josephine de Collage
movieKristina Talking Pictures
1976 · Kristina, Director, Editor
movieWhat Maisie Knew
1975
movieFilm About a Woman Who…
1974 · , Director, Editor, Writer
movieLives of Performers
1972 · , Director, Writer, Editor
Trio A with Flags
movieTrio A with Flags
1970
movieLine
1969 · Director
movieRhode Island Red
1968 · Director
movieTrio Film
1968 · Director
Volleyball (Foot Film)
movieVolleyball (Foot Film)
1967 · Director
Hand Film
movieHand Film
1966 · , Director
movieCarriage Discreteness
— · Self, Director