Yvonne Rainer
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-11-24 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known As
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Yvonne Rainer
Biography
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-lengt...
Acting
1966
1990
as Helen Caldicott
1978
as Josephine de Collage
1976
as Kristina
1979
as Kristina
1975
2013
as Self
1978
as N°95
1980
as N°95
2009
Production
1990
as Director
1972
as Director
1974
as Director
1966
as Director
1976
as Director
1980
as Director
1985
as Editor
1985
as Director
1985
as Writer
2024
as Writer
2024
as Editor
2024
as Producer
2024
as Director
1967
as Director
1969
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Director
2023
as Story
1976
as Editor
1972
as Writer
1972
as Editor
1974
as Writer
1974
as Editor
1980
as Editor
2002
as Director
1978
as Director
1990
as Writer
1990
as Producer
1990
as Editor
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