Alive from Off Center - Season 1

First aired: 7/1/1985 8 episodes

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

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Episodes

1. Short Video Artworks

Aired: 7/1/1985

Series premiere includes arts programs featuring works of leading avant-garde artists in video, music, dance, theater and film.

2. Video Dance

Aired: 7/8/1985

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

3. Smothering Dreams

Aired: 7/15/1985

The program presents the 1981 Emmy-Awrd winning video about war, "Smothering Dreams", by video artist and Vietnam War veteran Dan Reeves.

4. Comedy Video

Aired: 7/22/1985

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

5. Tongues

Aired: 7/29/1985

A collaboration by playwright Sam Shepard and actor Joseph Chaikin that deals with the elemental concepts of living, dying and rebirth. Chaikan performs a monologue of many different characters accompanied by percussion instruments.

6. Summer Dances

Aired: 8/5/1985

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

7. A Personal History of the American Theatre

Aired: 8/12/1985

Spalding Gray discusses his experiences working as a professional theater actor while sitting at a desk or table in the same manner as many of his filmed and theatrically released monologues.

8. Artist's Music Videos

Aired: 8/19/1985

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.