Elevator/Dance

Elevator/Dance

1980 · 4 min

Sherman creates an elegant, graphically precise choreographed dance from the rhythmic, symmetrical movements of two elevators, two escalators and their two riders (a man and a woman) tethered to the aural image of an imposing jukebox.

Directed by Stuart Sherman

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