In 1970, Charles Atlas moved to New York City from St. Louis, Missouri. He was 20, ambitious, and dreamt of becoming a filmmaker. Instead, Atlas began working as the assistant stage manager for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. It was a happy accident. He worked his way up to lighting designer, then became the company’s filmmaker-in-residence. Together, Cunningham and Atlas developed a technique called “media-dance,” in which the dance is made for the camera and the camera moves as part of the dance. Though he left the Cunningham company in 1983, Atlas continued to push boundaries. Two years later, he made a fictionalized documentary about the Scottish choreographer and dancer Michael Clark, known for fusing classical ballet with punk and post-punk. Atlas called it Hail the New Puritan. Now, this landmark video installation comes to Miami. —Elena Clavarino