Yvonne Rainer Professions : Dancer Born : November 24, 1934 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Yvonne Rainer No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make believe no to glamour and transcendency of the star image no to the heroic no to the anti-heroic no to trash imagery no to involvement of performer or spectator no to style no to camp no to seduction of spectator by the wiles of the performer no to eccentricity no to moving or being moved. Yvonne Rainer stars believe moving I should say that feminism gave me permission to deal with my own emotional life and put it up front in certain ways, or use film as a way to examine, at that time, my own heterosexual experience. Lives of Performers was the beginning of that kind of investigation. But also, the film was influenced by the aesthetics and structures of experimental film as that was taking place at the same time. Hollis Frampton was a big influence on me at that time. Yvonne Rainer feminism emotional kind I always like to cite John Cage's mantra, "If you can stand it for two-minutes, try it for four." In fact, when I look at some of those early films of mine, I think, "Oh my God. Cut it, cut it." The general sense of duration has changed over the years, my own sensibility with it. Yvonne Rainer cutting trying thinking Similar Authors Ashley Banjo dancer Anna Halprin dancer Ann Miller dancer Anita Ratnam dancer Allison Holker dancer Alex Meraz dancer All Authors
