Works
Filmography | Theatrical Stage Design | Work In Progress
Selected Filmography/Videography
- 15 Days of Dance, The Making of "Ghost Light," 2009, DV, color/sound, 18 hours, documenting Brian Reeder's new work on the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
- Shamayim, 2009, DV, color/sound, 34:28, with composer David Felder
- UTango, 2002, DV, color/sound, 9:00, the dance form applied to the screen as an abstract painterly image
- Steel Work, 2002, DV, color/b&w/sound, multi-screen theatrical performance with orchestra & ballet;
music: Heroes Symphony by Philip Glass, David Bowie and Brian Eno; 16:30 & 48:00
- Wake Up Mr. Sleepy! Your Unconscious Mind is Dead!, 2007, 24P Digital
Video, color/sound, 65:00. Documentation of play by Richard Foreman.
- Windows & Lenses, 2007, DV, color/b&w/sound, 18:00. Portrait of the artist Rebecca DiDomenico.
- Chashmal, 2006, DV, color/sound, 11:11, with composer David Felder
- Zomboid!, 2006, DV, color/sound, 65:00. Documentation of play by Richard Foreman.
 Merce Cunningham Collection: Volume 1, Three Films by Merce Cunningham & Elliot Caplan. Total Film Home Entertainment, The Netherlands, DVD, 2005- July 4, 2005 NYC, 2005, DV, color/sound, 4:44, with Open Music Ensemble
- Bialystoker Synagogue, 2004, HD/DVD, color/sound, 18:00
- King Cowboy Rufus Rules The Universe, 2004, DV, color/sound, 72:00. Documentation of play by Richard Foreman.
- Five Lives/Five Stories, 2003, DV, BetaSP, color/b&w/sound, 8:00. Produced for the Metropolitan Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, honoring New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
- Panic, 2003, DV, color/sound, 82:00. Documentation of play by Richard Foreman.
- Steel Work, 2002, DV, film, color/b&w/sound, 48:00. Experimental film with music by Philip Glass, David Bowie, and Brian Eno.
- UTANGO, 2002, DV, color/sound, 9:30. Dance film shot in Argentina.
- To Be In America, 2001, DV, color/b&w/silent, 46:00. Multi-screen
theatrical performance with orchestra & ballet. Earlier performance version of Steel Work.
 Beach Birds, 1999, video installation
v. 2, 35mm, 16mm, color/b&w/sound, 2-channel multi-monitor installation with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 26:00.
Choreography, Merce Cunningham/Music, John Cage.- MR. IMAGE, 1999, DV, b&w/silent, Multi-monitor installation with performance artist Bill Irwin, 5:00
- Reading Room Restored, 1999, DV Video, color/sound, 5:30. Made for PBS.
- Jackson Pollock @ MoMA, 1998, DV Video, color/sound, 7:00. Made
for PBS.
- Maya Lin: Pure Landscape, 1998, DV Video, color/sound, 7:00. Made
for PBS.
- Four Points Of Radiance, 1998, DV Video, color/sound, 48:00
- INSTALLATIONS, 1996-8, 16mm, multi-monitor installation 3-channel stage performance with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, b&w/sound, 30:00
- Beach Birds, 1995, video installation v. 1, 35mm, 16mm, color/b&w/sound, multi-monitor installation with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 26:00
- WEATHER, 1996-8, 16mm, 8mm, BetaSP, 26-screen, 3-channel stage performance in collaboration with composer Michael Gordon, color/b&w/sound, 75:00
- Carmen Backstage/Metropolitan Opera, 1996, DV, BetaCam, color/sound,
7:00. Made for PBS. Produced at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
- Grand Dairy, 1996, BetaCam, color/sound, 4-channel multi-monitor video/music installation in collaboration with composer Michael Gordon, 22:00
- Allee Der Kosmonauten, 1996, color/sound,digital video, 3-channel multi-monitor stage performance with Sasha Waltz & Guests, 60:00
- CRWDSPCR, 1996, 16mm, color/sound with Merce Cunningham Dance Company,
56:00. Choreography, Merce Cunningham; Music, John King.
- Close-Up On Berlin, 1996, BetaCam, color/sound, 28:00. Commission for
Deutsche Tanzfilm.
 Merce, 1996, 16mm, BetaSP, color/sound,
7:00. Made for PBS.- Cyberart, HI-8mm, BetaSP, color/sound, 7:00. Made for PBS.
- What Price Freedom, 1995, HI-8mm, BetaSP, color/sound, 7:00. Made
for PBS.
- Music/Video Event #1, 1995, 16mm, 8mm, BetaCam, color/b&w/sound, 22:00
- Industry, 1993, S-VHS, color/sound in collaboration with composer Michael Gordon, 11:00
- Beach Birds For Camera, 1992, 35mm, b&w/color/sound with Merce Cunningham
Dance Company, 28:00. Choreography, Merce Cunningham; Music, John Cage.
- Cage/Cunningham, 1991, 16mm, BetaCam, 8mm, S-VHS, color / b&w / sound,
95:00. Choreography, Merce Cunningham; Music, John Cage.
- Van Gogh Video Opera, 1991, S-VHS, 8mm, color/sound with composer Michael Gordon, 60:00
- Changing Steps, 1989, BetaCam, color/sound with Merce Cunningham Dance
Company, 35:00. Choreography, Merce Cunningham; Music, John Cage.
- Cunningham Dance Technique: Intermediate Level, 1987, BetaCam, color/sound, 57:00
- Points In Space, 1986, 1", color/sound with Merce Cunningham Dance
Company, 30:00. Choreography, Merce Cunningham; Music, John Cage.
- Deli Commedia, 1985, 3/4", color/sound, 18:00. Choreography,
Merce Cunningham; Music, Pat Richter.
- Cunningham Dance Technique: Elementary Level, 1985, 3/4", color/sound,
30:00. . Choreography, Merce Cunningham.
- Robert S. Zakanitch, 1982, 16mm, color/sound, 20:00. Produced on
the Retrospective Exhibition of one of America’s finest painters.
Theatrical Stage Design
- Chashmal, single-channel video with composer David Felder, Spetember 2006
- To Be In America, multi-screen single-channel video with Bruckner Orchestra and Ballet Linz, Landestheater, Linz, Austria, 2001
- Mr. Image, with performer Bill Irwin, The Roundabout Theatre, New York, June 1999.
- Installations, Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, October 1997 and in Paris Opera Garnier, January 1998.
- Weather, with composer Michael Gordon and orchestra ENSEMBLE RESONANZ, sponsored by the Siemens Foundation Kultur Program and Oper Bonn, 1996. Re-staged for new music festival Bochum, Germany 2001.
- Van Gogh Video Opera, with composer Michael Gordon featured at Bang On A Can Festival and Akademie der Bildenden Kunst, Vienna, 1991.
- Alle der Kosmonauten sixteen-screen monitor installation for live performance with German dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests, 1996 - present.
Work In Progress
- Hidden Things, a documentary on World War II children
- Center for the Moving Image, Elliot Caplan, Artistic Director. The Center for the Moving Image produces and documents collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that integrate the performing arts into the syntaxes of emerging media technologies to create a unique artistic vision. The CMI is a Center of Excellence at University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.
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