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- Video ID number
- V00120
- Recording date
- 1980
- Video length
- 31m
Overview
The film travels through the urban canyons, parking decks and rooftops of New York, where choreographer Yoshiko Chuma and actor John Nesci explore the textures and architecture of the city through engagement with movement and objects. Finally, the journey leads to the natural landscape of Maine where Jacob Burckhardt’s camera captures the movements of leaves, water, light, and a raft floating in the fog. Created in 1980.
Details
- Title
- The School of Hard Knocks
- Performance creator(s)
- Yoshiko Chuma
- Performance date(s)
- 1980
- Performer(s) and staff
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Performers: Yoshiko Chuma, John Nesci
Film by: Yoshiko Chuma, Jacob Burckhardt
Sound: Alvin Curran - Genre
- Contemporary
