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Murder, menopause and a boy who barks: the startling world of Yvonne Rainer

by Judith Mackrell

When the iconoclastic choreographer reinvented herself as a film-maker at the turn of the 70s, she opened up a new world of possibilities for her artWhen Yvonne Rainer made the switch from choreographer to film-maker she had no intention of abandoning her role as a provocateur. In her first feature, Lives of Performers (1972), she was a briskly quizzical presence, issuing instructions to the cast and questioning them…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:25am on February 21, 2018