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Rummage Sale and Floor of the Forest
1971 · 16mm film transferred to high-definition video (color, silent)
6:05 min.
Museum of Modern Art
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Elaine Summers
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Elaine Summers was an American choreographer who developed experimental movement vocabularies in the 1950s and 1960s, treating dance as a conceptual medium rather than narrative spectacle or technical display. Her interdisciplinary practice bridged dance, visual art, and music, challenging conventional composition and performance space. Active in the postwar avant-garde, Summers positioned movement itself as the primary subject of inquiry rather than a vehicle for storytelling or virtuosity.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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