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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.

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Yvonne Rainer

Yvonne Rainer
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Born: November 24, 1934 (age 90)
Bio: Yvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is regarded as challenging and experimental. Her work is sometimes classified as minimalist art. Rainer currently lives and works in California and New York.
Known for:
  1. Feelings are facts (2006)
  2. Yvonne Rainer (2007)
  3. The films of Yvonne Rainer (1989)
  4. A Woman Who--: Essays, Interviews, Scripts (1999)
  5. Poems (2012)

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