Original 16 mm films of JUDSON FRAGMENTS (1964) B/W - 15 min. and Windows in the Kitchen (1977) Color - 11 min. has been restored and safely delivered to Elaine's archive at the The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library.
You can see the whole list of what they have HERE.

Short clip of Windows in the Kitchen (QT- 4 mb)
Short clip of Judson Fragments (QT- 9.6 mb)
NYTimes article of Windows in the Kitchen (PDF - 500K)

Preservation of this film was made possible by a grant from the Women's Film preservation Fund of New York in Film and Television, funded in part by General Motors

Elaine Summers
JUDSON FRAGMENTS (1964) B/W - 15 min.

Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue

November 13th, 2007 - 7.30 pm
PERFORMA 07 Film Programme: DANCE AFTER CHOREOGRAPHY / From Judson to the Present
Q & A afterwards, together with Yvonne Rainer

Click here to see a short clip of Judson Fragments (9.6 mb)

Preservation of this film was made possible by a grant from the Women's Film preservation Fund of New York in Film and Television, funded in part by General Motors

Elaine's NEW PROJECT! It will be performed on August 23rd, 8pm at Lincoln Center South Plaza. It is FREE and open to public. Click HERE for the project page, we will be putting lots and lots of stuff. - taketo

21 years ago Elaine Summers directed and choreographed an Intermedia opus for the Lincoln Center -Out-of-Doors Festival entitled Flowing Rock/ Still Waters. Now in 2007, Elaine has been invited to choreograph a new Intermedia work where the dancers are interacting with video projections of the dancers filmed during the performance of Flowing Rock/Still Waters.
Numbers of Elaine's friends will be participating: Pauline Oliveros, Alison Knowles, Thomas Kortvelyessy and Joshua Bisset to name a few.

Hurrah for Yvonne Rainer. Magnificent film/dance artist. Click here to see the detail on her Gala Performance / Dinner. See you there! - elaine

The exhibition is a work in progress "constructing the archives of Elaine Summers".

Come join us to the archiving of Elaine's choreography, Intermedia works, Kinetic Awareness, DanceFilms and much more.

DanceFilms and film documentaries will be screened by request.

Special Thanks to Emily Harvey Foundation, Friends of the New Cinema: Jonas Mekas, NYSCA, NEA, The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library, Dr. Gerry O'Grady, City of Buffalo, Jenneth Webster, The Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim Museum, Otto Piene, Elizabeth Goldring, Center for Advanced Visual Studies - MIT, Jacob's Pillow, Brooklyn Museum and many more .

January 8th to 31st, 2 to 7pm (or open by appointment.)

Opening Reception: January 8th, 5 to 7pm
as a part of 2007 The Dance on Camera Festival.

Emily Harvey Foundation
537 Broadway 2nd Floor NY, NY 10012
212.925.7651 email: elaine@elainesummersdance.com

Benefit Workshop with appreciation to Movement Research

Projection, camera, dance, installation.
 Exploring ways of sketching for Intermedia work (film/dance/installation).
A chance to see yourself dance in video projections.
A chance to choreograph video images.
Choreographic notation with video camera.
Elaine will provide 2000 sq ft loft space with video projectors,
If you wish please bring your own video camera.

$25 per class (limited to 10 people)

"My favorite part of the class was the film. It made everyone's movement look so interesting, and the contrast between the light and the shadows of the body was really cool. It really gave me some interesting ideas for choreographing."
from Intermedia Workshops at the New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL. Oct 2006
with thanks to Dean Daniel Lewis, Dale Andree, Emily Harvey Foundation
Friends of the New Cinema: Jonas Mekas and NYSCA.

Summer 2006 -


 Yet another IOWA classic, a dancefilm by Elaine Summers' IOWA BLIZZARD (excerpt), edited by Bill Rowley
IOWA University, Iowa City, IOWA. 1973
Click Here to see the short video clip.
Thanks to NYSCA, NEA, Bill Rowley, IOWA University - Iowa City,IOWA and Prof. Hans Breder and the Center for the New Performing Arts.

Winter / Spring 2006 -
We found a 3/4" videotape of the rehearsal for SKYDANCE by Elaine Summers with air sculptures by Otto Piene for the 2nd Intermedia Art Festival at IOWA University, Iowa City, IOWA. 1980.

Thanks to NYSCA, NEA, IOWA University - Iowa City, IOWA and Prof. Hans Breder.
Thanks also goes to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at M.I.T. and the Experimental Intermedia Foundation.
Click Here to see the short video clip.

Winter / Spring 2006 -
Another IOWA classic... TWO GIRLS DOWNTOWN IOWA
IOWA University, Iowa City, IOWA. 1973
Click Here to see the short video clip.
Thanks to NYSCA, NEA, IOWA University - Iowa City,IOWA and Prof. Hans Breder.

Winter / Spring 2006 -
We have been scanning ILLUMINATED WORKINGMEN performance documentation.
Illuminated Workingmen (1975) at Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY. by Elaine Summers
Photo by Paula Court and Robert Lowe
Thanks to NYSCA, NEA, SUNY Buffalo, Dr. Gerry O'Grady and the city of Buffalo. NY.

Spring and Summer 2005 Performances -

INVITATION TO SECRET DANCERS:
Performed at Solar 1, an environmental arts and education center located in lower manhattan's Stuyvesant Cove Park


Secret dancer with umbrellas

Carla, Maria and Harriet

Tina, Nancy and Harriet


RIchard and his umbrella

Meg, Tina and Secret dancers



Marion, Richard and Murphy

Elissa, Meg, Carla and Secret Dancers

Click here for the video documentation pt1 (2.4 mb)
Click here for the video documentation pt2 (4.2 mb)
Click here for the video documentation pt3 (6.1 mb)
 all videos videographed by Ken Klein (c) 2005

CEC Stuyvesant Cove presents INVITATION TO SECRET DANCERS, a dance/film performance by Judson Dance Theatre's Elaine Summers. The performances will be held at the Solar 1, an environmental arts and education center located in lower manhattan's Stuyvesant Cove Park in collaboration with Tamar Rogoff. Original sound compositions by Carman Moore and Skyfriends will accompany.

WHO:
 Marion Ramirez (25th), Hariet Bograd, Daniel Sklar, Nancy Barber, Tina Erfer, Pearl Bowser, Meg Chang,
Elissa White, Josh Bissett, Laura Quattrocchi, Rob Cook (Australia), Rebecca Loukes (London), Jung Woong Kim, Kiori Kawai (solo: Goddess of the Sea), Richard Juchum, Leeny Sack

MUSIC:
SKY ENSEMBLE
Composer: Carman Moore
Performers: Marianna Rosett, Premik Russell Tubbs

Invitation to Secret Dancers is an improvisational dance choreographed by Elaine Summers which has been performed in many places and countries by many people, including the Karlsplatz, Vienna, Australia, London, Rome, Woodstock, NYC and all over the U.S.A. Presently Thomas Kortelyessy Real Dance Company is performing his version of Invitation to Secret Dancers:
performers: Eva Tremel, Thomas Kortvelyessy
guest choreographer and dancer: Meredith Nadler
musician: Pierre Verbeek

For more information, contact Thomas Kortvelyessy at t.kortvelyessy@chello.nl

For information about free workshops please call: Elaine Summers (212)889-2731
or email Elaine at elaine@elainesummersdance.com
Project of The Kinetic Awareness (tm) Center.

Thomas Kortvelyessy in Holland: Performances in 2004 and 2005
con.sens.us - Eva Tremel, Thomas Kortvelyessy, Aharona Israel + guests
a series started in 2002 - Including Invitation to Secret Dancers, Dance Score by Elaine Summers















CROWS NEST - For Boston Cyber Arts Festival
WHEN: SUNDAY MAY 1st 5 - 9pm
WHERE: BOSTON CYCLORAMA


Photo: Davidson Gigliotti at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1984
Dancers: Michelle Berne and Alexandra Ogsbury

Boston Cyberarts and the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama present "Crows Nest/Solitary Geography", a recreation of a historical dance/film performance installation by Judson Dance Theatre1s Elaine Summers. Orchestrated by Alissa Cardone and Alla Kovgan, members of an intermedia performance collaborative Kinodance Company, the sculptural installation features a shifting line-up of local dancers performing Summers' improvisatory dance score in tune with video/film projections. Original sound compositions by local musicians will accompany. Performers include Alissa Cardone, Ingrid Schatz, DeAnna Pellecchia, Debra Bluth, Olivier Besson and Laura Quattrocchi.

Click here for the video documentation (4.5 mb - no sound)
 Videographer: Charles Daniels (c) 2005