Balanchine Lives! SummaryCredits 1998 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood With the participation of Karin von Aroldingen, Elyse Borne, Suzanne Farrell, Nanette Glushak, Susan Hendl, Barbara Horgan, Patricia Neary, Francia Russell, Edward Villella, Patricia...
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis SummaryCredits 1990 / 89 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Min Tanaka and Maijuku; Yoko Ashikawa and Hakutobo; Akaji Maro and Dai Rakuda Kan; Kazuo Ohno; Isamu Ohsuka and Byakko-sha; Natsu Nakajima and Muteki-sha; Sankaijuku;...
Glen Tetley: Pierrot’s Tower SummaryCredits 1995 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Narrated by the choreographer Centered around his 1995 staging of Voluntaries, one of the choreographer’s most beautiful and moving ballets, Glen Tetley: Pierrot’s...
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers SummaryCredits 1980 / 89 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Douglas Dunn, Kenneth King, Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, David Gordon, Meredith Monk, Sarah Rudner. Curated by Marcia B. Siegel. Narrated by the...
New York Dance: States of Performance SummaryCredits 2010 / 97 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood With the participation of Beth Gill, John Jasperse, Ralph Lemon, Sarah Michelson, Jennifer Monson, Christopher Wheeldon, Ann Liv Young. Curated by Gia Kourlas....
Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis SummaryCredits 1986 / 54 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In 1985 Christian Blackwood embarked on a documentary project about his landlords and neighbors at 115 Bank Street in Manhattan, Alwin...
Noémie Lafrance: Noir – Site-Specific Choreography SummaryCredits 2004 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Known for her site-specific and cinematic choreography, Noémie Lafrance continues to push the boundaries of performance with “Noir”. Inspired by...
Retracing Steps: American Dance Since Postmodernism SummaryCredits 1988 / 89 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Stephen Petronio, Molissa Fenley, Diane Martel, Wendy Perron, Blondell Cummings, Jim Self, Johanna Boyce, and Bill T. Jones and Arne Zane. Curated by...
Sally Gross: A Life in Dance SummaryCredits 2001 / 35 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Sally Gross: A Life in Dance is an intimate reflection on the choreographer’s eclectic career and her explorations into movement, philosophy and visual expression. After...
Streb: Pop Action SummaryCredits 2002 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Streb: Pop Action presents a thrilling day spent with Elizabeth Streb as she reveals the extraordinary possibilities of dance. Streb speaks to us about her method and theory while...
Tapdancin’ SummaryCredits 1980 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In a highly entertaining overview of an authentic American art form, Christian Blackwood’s Tapdancin’ shows how the triumphs and defeats of many great dancers from the past were mingled...
The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director SummaryCredits 1969 / 57 min. / b&wDirected by Michael and Christian Blackwood The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director is a cinema verité account of Feld’s early choreography and the...
Yoshiko Chuma: A Page Out of Order SummaryCredits 2009 / 60 min. / colorDirected by Rima Yamazaki Filmed during Yoshiko Chuma’s 2009 staging of “Not About Romanian Cinema: POONARC” at Danspace in New York, a chapter from her on-going performance work “A Page Out of...
