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Piano Dance (1981)
Directed by Norm Bruns
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Overview
“Piano Dance shows the viewer a shadowy piano accompanied by the sound of piano music. The piano is then seen to be a toy, the headdress of a woman with hollow eyes and a pasty face who moves like a marionette in a weird dance. She is dressed as if she were a cabaret performer in black tie and tails and white gloves. The images whirl and the piano is both large and small as the camera sees it in varying scale. The protagonist does not appear to move of her own volition but by the will of another. Her dance fades, not because it is over but because we are no longer privileged to see it. One feels that it continues eternally.” — Barbara Sharres, “Trance Occurrences,” Chicago Reader, January 15 1982.
Rated NR | Length 2 minutes
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Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/31/2025 | Phone | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Another of Bruns’ early films I had to add to TMDb. Whereas CHEEZ WHIZ can almost be written off as a silly little short in isolation, PIANO DANCE feels like art and is reminiscent of Derek Jarman, Maya Deren and Jean Cocteau.
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