Douglas Dunn Movies

  • 1980
    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

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    Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
  • 1983
    Secret of the Waterfall

    Secret of the Waterfall

    Secret of the Waterfall

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    The confluence of words and movement propels this multi-layered collaboration by Atlas, choreographer Douglas Dunn, and poets Anne Waldman and Reed...

    Secret of the Waterfall
  • 1991
    Rubble Dance

    Rubble Dance

    Rubble Dance

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    A film-dance, shot on 16mm film in Long Island City, Queens, NY.

    Rubble Dance
  • 1990
    The Myth of Modern Dance

    The Myth of Modern Dance

    The Myth of Modern Dance

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    Collaborating with choreographer Douglas Dunn, Atlas uses anthropological text, satirical movement, and vividly colored chroma-keyed backgrounds in...

    The Myth of Modern Dance
  • 1974
    Floor

    Floor

    Floor

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    "For 'Floor' I was interested in the limits of the frame and the idea of what was “in” and what was “out” and working all the...

    Floor
  • 1974
    Nevada

    Nevada

    Nevada

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    Douglas Dunn performs a series of movements with a board found randomly in the street and whose shape is reminiscent of the state of Nevada.

    Nevada
  • 1973
    Mayonnaise #1

    Mayonnaise #1

    Mayonnaise #1

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    A silent film featuring Charles Atlas' frequent collaborator, choreographer Douglas Dunn, improvising from a painting by Édouard Manet.

    Mayonnaise #1