Monday, December 26, 2011

Yvonne Rainer "Hand Movie"

"Rainer's first film, Hand Movie, was shot by fellow dancer William Davis when Rainer was confined to a hospital bed, recovering from major surgery and unable to dance. The resulting five minutes of footage is a sustained close-up shot of Rainer's hand against a grey background as it stretches and contracts, bends and points, performing the kinds of everyday, quotidian movements that characterize her pioneering minimalist choreography." from UBUWEB

 The fingers are like characters in an inscrutable, erotic drama.

 Happy Holidays... I'm in Oconomowoc with the family.

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