About

Known credits:
47
Birthday:
1934-11-24
Place of birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Yvonne Rainer

Overview

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 Fellowships (1969, 1988), three Rockefeller Fellowships (1988, 1990, 1996), a MacArthur Fellowship (1990-95), and a Wexner Prize (1995), as well as four Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees. Yvonne Rainer: Work 1961-73 was published by Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and New York University Press in 1974; The Films of Yvonne Rainer, a collection of her film scripts, was published by Indiana University Press in 1989; and A Woman Who...: Essays, Interviews, Scripts was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1999.

Rainer's latest choreographic work, based on Balanchine's AGON, was presented at Dance Theater Workshop, April 2006, subsequently traveling to the Getty Museum. A memoir, Feelings are Facts: A Life, was published by MIT Press in 2006.

Known for

Acting
2017 Just Back from Los Angeles: A Portrait of Yvonne Rainer Actor N/A
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2015 Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer Actor Self N/A
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2013 What Is Cinema? Actor Self 59
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2009 Salomania Actor N/A
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1990 Privilege Actor Helen Caldicott 58
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1985 Home Movies 1971-81 Actor N/A
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1980 Cinématon X Actor N°95 N/A
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1980 Journeys from Berlin/1971 Actor 59
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1978 Cinématon Actor N°95 58
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1978 Madame X - An Absolute Ruler Actor Josephine de Collage 58
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1978 Grand Opera: An Historical Romance Actor Kristina 59
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1976 Kristina Talking Pictures Actor Kristina 59
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1975 What Maisie Knew Actor 59
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1974 Film About a Woman Who… Actor 58
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1972 Lives of Performers Actor 59
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1970 Trio A with Flags Actor N/A
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1966 Hand Film Actor 59
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Directing
2002 After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid Directing Director N/A
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2002 Rainer Variations Directing Director N/A
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1996 MURDER and murder Directing Director 58
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1990 Privilege Directing Director 58
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1985 The Man Who Envied Women Directing Director 58
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1980 Journeys from Berlin/1971 Directing Director 59
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1978 Trio A Directing Director N/A
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1976 Kristina Talking Pictures Directing Director 59
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1974 Film About a Woman Who… Directing Director 58
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1972 Lives of Performers Directing Director 59
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1969 Line Directing Director N/A
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1968 Rhode Island Red Directing Director N/A
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1968 Trio Film Directing Director N/A
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1967 Volleyball (Foot Film) Directing Director 59
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1966 Hand Film Directing Director 59
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Writing
2023 I Cannot Now Recall Writing Story N/A
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1996 MURDER and murder Writing Writer 58
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1990 Privilege Writing Writer 58
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1985 The Man Who Envied Women Writing Writer 58
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1974 Film About a Woman Who… Writing Writer 58
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1972 Lives of Performers Writing Writer 59
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Production
1996 MURDER and murder Production Producer 58
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1990 Privilege Production Producer 58
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Editing
1996 MURDER and murder Editing Editor 58
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1990 Privilege Editing Editor 58
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1985 The Man Who Envied Women Editing Editor 58
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1980 Journeys from Berlin/1971 Editing Editor 59
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1976 Kristina Talking Pictures Editing Editor 59
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1974 Film About a Woman Who… Editing Editor 58
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1972 Lives of Performers Editing Editor 59
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