Lives of Performers (1972)

Embodying Rainer’s aesthetic rigor and wit, the film combines fiction and documentary, script readings, dance snippets, still photos, and tableaux vivants to explore issues of power and gender that influence the emotional lives of her performers.

Cast (5)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

John Erdman

V

Valda Setterfield

S

Shirley Soffer

F

Fernando Torm

Yvonne Rainer

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