Charles Atlas Trailers
Charles Atlas is a video artist and film director who also does lighting and set design. He is a pioneer in developing media-dance, also called dance for camera.
Most Popular Charles Atlas Trailers
Total trailers found: 37
Rainer Variations Trailer (2002)
17 July 2002
"For me Rainer Variations is a hybrid: a weave of impressionistic portrait, found footage construction, and video sampler.
Coast Zone Trailer (1984)
07 April 1984
Coast Zone […] explores the use of deep-focus, contrasting background figures (often in motion) with those in the foreground (sometimes in extreme close-up).
A Museum ? Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
Charles Atlas has been a pioneering figure in film and video for over four decades. Atlas has extended the limits of his medium, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches, and techniques.
SSS Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Marina Abramovic collaborated with videomaker Charles Atlas on this striking work of autobiographical performance.
Westbeth Trailer (1975)
14 February 1975
“Westbeth” was Cunningham’s first video collaboration with Charles Atlas, and the first video project to be made at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio on the eleventh floor of Westbeth.
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance Trailer (2001)
16 December 2001
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
Floor Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
"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 way to the edge.
Tornado Warning Trailer (2006)
31 May 2006
Charles Atlas’ five-channel video installation, Tornado Warning, draws from the filmmaker’s early memories of the tornado alerts in his childhood town of St Louis, Missouri.
The Legend of Leigh Bowery Trailer (2002)
13 April 2002
Welcome to the over-the-top, extravagant world of Leigh Bowery, a key figure in New Romanticism and London nightlife in the 1980s.
Secret of the Waterfall Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
The confluence of words and movement propels this multi-layered collaboration by Atlas, choreographer Douglas Dunn, and poets Anne Waldman and Reed Bye.
The Myth of Modern Dance Trailer (1990)
30 March 1990
Collaborating with choreographer Douglas Dunn, Atlas uses anthropological text, satirical movement, and vividly colored chroma-keyed backgrounds in an episodic, often humorous look at the evolution of modern dance.
Disco 2000 Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
One of a trio of works Atlas made to celebrate downtown New York nightlife at the beginning of the 1990s, DISCO 2000 mixes footage of a crowded dance floor, homemade optical effects, and a dancing chicken.
What I Did Last Summer Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
The three short, low-tech works in this compilation celebrate downtown New York nightlife at the beginning of the 1990's.
It's a Jackie Thing Trailer (1999)
28 December 1999
Based on his own video documentation, Atlas constructs a delirious montage of New York club performances from the late 1990s.
Ocean Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
John Cage’s original concept of Ocean, in 1991, was for a dance to be performed in a circular space, with the audience surrounding the dancers, and the musicians (112 of them) surrounding the audience.
Turning Trailer (2012)
23 July 2012
In 2006 ANOHNI and the Johnsons and Charles Atlas took their collaborative performance TURNING to major cities in Europe.
Merce by Merce by Paik Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
Merce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham and artist Marcel Duchamp.
Channels/Inserts Trailer (1981)
24 March 1981
This work was a dance shot for film at the Cunningham studio. Staging for Channels/Inserts was divided among the main studio, the small studio and the office area.
We Interrupt This Program Trailer (1991)
01 December 1991
We Interrupt This Program (1991) was a live television broadcast presented by The Kitchen in association with Visual AIDS for Day Without Art 1991.
A Prune Twin Trailer (2020)
07 October 2020
The collaboration between the two artists began in 1984 when the young dancer, Clark, performed in two single-channel films by Atlas: Parafango and Ex-Romance.
Because We Must Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
The Michael Clark Dance Group perform to the music of T.Rex, Chopin, the Beatles and the Velvet Underground.
Put More Blood Into the Music Trailer (1988)
06 August 1988
PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of their powers in 1988.
Check Your Body at the Door Trailer (2012)
06 January 2012
Check Your Body At The Door is a documentary film about some remarkable underground house dancers in NYC during the golden decade of the 1990s.
Superhoney Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
In this futuristic danse macabre, Charles Atlas creates a fully realized cyber-gothic world, rife with both erotic and physical danger.
Oh, Misha Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
A video collage of filmed Mikhail Baryshnikov ballet performances edited with feature film clips in which all the characters refer to someone named ‘Misha’.
Nevada Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
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.
Grand Dance of Jolly 3 Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
“A remix of footage I shot in the early 70’s in preparation for my theater piece ‘Wonder, Try’ combined with the original D.
The "Martha" Tapes, part 8 Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
The eighth installment in Charles Atlas' series of videos made for the Martha@Mother performances.
Mayonnaise #1 Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
A silent film featuring Charles Atlas' frequent collaborator, choreographer Douglas Dunn, improvising from a painting by Édouard Manet.
Hail the New Puritan Trailer (1986)
21 May 1986
A fictionalized portrait of the British dancer and choreographer Michael Clark, depicting a day in his life as he and his company prepare for a performance.
Staten Island Sex Cult Trailer (1998)
01 December 1998
A gay sex video, directed by Charles Atlas under the pseudonym ‘Jack Shoot,’ was created as part of a series featuring artists in porn, though it was the only one produced.
Son of Sam and Delilah Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
New York City 1988. Raging homophobia. A killer on the loose. Disco dancing till dawn. Performers struggle to survive.
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York Trailer (1999)
07 September 1999
A video portrait of the legendary late performance artist, fashion designer and nightlife icon Leigh Bowery.
Merce by Merce by Paik Part One: Blue Studio: Five Segments 1975-1976 Trailer (1976)
24 September 1976
Blue Studio: Five Segments is a groundbreaking work of videodance by postmodern master Merce Cunningham and his then filmmaker-in-residence, Charles Atlas.
THE “MARTHA” TAPES, PART 6 Trailer (2000)
08 March 2000
Starting in 1997 I began to make found-footage montages for a once-a-month downtown NY performance club called ‘Martha @ Mother’.
