Lives of Performers

(Yvonne Rainer, US 1972, 90 min., 16mm)

Choreography for Camera. A stark and revealing examination of romantic alliances, Lives of Performers examines the dilemma of a man who can’t choose between two women and makes them both suffer. Originally part of a dance performance choreographed by Rainer, a modern dancer and choreographer turned avant-garde filmmaker.

Introduction by Douglas Crimp, Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Art History, University of Rochester.