Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1978 • United States
This abstract work featuring three dancers interacting with large screens as well as each other. Costuming and color play an integral role in this piece, part of Shirley Clarke’s FOUR JOURNEYS INTO MYSTIC TIME.
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Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Trans
Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1978 • United States
A pair of performers wearing bodysuits dance and balance together in this short film by director Shirley Clarke, part of her FOUR JOURNEYS INTO MYSTIC TIME project.
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Seven Women of Different Ages
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski • 1978 • Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski made more than twenty documentaries, including this wryly observed short, which profiles seven ballet dancers, one for each day of the week. From a fledgling student to a star ballerina in her prime to an older dancer now cast...
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About Tap
Directed by George T. Nierenberg • 1985 • United States
George T. Nierenberg’s brilliant and blissful followup to NO MAPS ON MY TAPS is introduced by legendary dancer Gregory Hines, who shares his childhood memories of watching and imitating the tap-dance greats at the Apollo Theater. ABOUT TAP ...
