From An Island Summer

Charles Atlas follows the choreographer Karole Armitage and her dancers during a couple of August days along the beach walk on Coney Island and the streets around Times Square. With a hand-held camera, he portrays their dance in the visual cacophony of the settings. To a soundtrack of samba and punk-inspired music, he delivers an energetic portrait of New York in sweltering heat.

The video artist and film director Charles Atlas is a pioneer of dance and performance in video art. He often collaborated closely with choreographers and artists, including Merce Cunningham, Marina Abramovic and Leigh Bowery.