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Cloud Dance (1980), a film by Robyn Brentano and Andrew Horn; choreography and performance by Andy de Groat; music by Michael Galasso; sculpture by Lenore Tawney; poetry by Christopher Knowles; reading by Arby Ovanessian

In 1985, Tibetan Buddhist Gyuto Tantric University monks, Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, and David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir performed in the One World Music Festival of Sacred Chant at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. For this historic meeting, they were joined in symposia by Philip Glass, Prof. Robert Thurman, and Tim Wilson. Narrated by Kabir Bedi; produced and direc...

Allen Ginsberg: Buddhism and the Beats (2015) In 1993, Allen Ginsberg spoke to a gathering of students of the Tibetan Buddhist monk, Lobsang Samten, about the impact of Buddhist thought and practice on himself, the Beat writers and American culture at large. Archival documentation produced by Robyn Brentano with students from the NYU Ethnographic Film Program. Sound: Bill Kelly. © 2015 Robyn Br...

Space City (1981) Choreography: Kenneth King; Directors/Producers: Robyn Brentano and Andrew Horn; Set Design: Richard Brintzenhofe; Music: William-John Tudor. Scripted collaboratively with King and Brintzenhofe, the filmmakers created a cinedance that takes the viewer through the thresholds of dreaming, waking, and transcendental awareness, using real and painted images of the city, a 19th cen...

Syracuse Sequence (1976) Dance: Andy deGroat and Julia Busto; Director/Producer: Robyn Brentano; Art: John Willenbecher; Music: Michael Galasso; Camera: Jacob Burckhardt. Shot at the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY and Fishbach Gallery, New York City. The dancers talk about spinning as a dance form. © 1976 Robyn Brentano