Lives of Performers (1972)

6.5/10 90 min Drama

Overview

Embodying Rainer’s aesthetic rigor and wit, the film combines fiction and documentary, script readings, dance snippets, still photos, and tableaux vivants to explore issues of power and gender that influence the emotional lives of her performers.

Cast

Yvonne Rainer

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