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Dancing in the Dark 2022
Filmstill Meat Joy
Meat Joy
Pierre Dominique Gaisseau, Carolee Schneemann
Dance is primarily physical, and “Meat Joy” is the cinematic essence of an unrestrained celebration of a performance improvisation, with lots of skin and set to ambiguous popular songs.
Filmstill Meat Joy

Meat Joy

Meat Joy
Pierre Dominique Gaisseau, Carolee Schneemann
Dancing in the Dark 2022
Documentary Film
France
1964
11 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Dance is primarily physical. Smell, warmth, touch – “Meat Joy” presents their essence, set to a collage of ambiguous pop songs. Carolee Schneemann lets us experience from up close the unrestrained celebration of a physical, lubricious, erotic performance improvisation, using framing, montage and a visual aesthetic reminiscent of painting to dissolve the body shapes.

André Eckardt

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Director
Pierre Dominique Gaisseau, Carolee Schneemann
Editor
Carolee Schneemann, Trevor Shimizu
Producer
Carolee Schneemann
Sound Design
Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney, Trevor Shimizu
Performer
Carolee Schneemann