Charles Atlas is a filmmaker and video artist who has created numerous works for stage, screen, museum, and television. Collaborating frequently with dancers, musicians, artists and performers, Atlas is a pioneer in the development of media-dance, a genre in which original performance work is created directly for the camera. Atlas worked as filmmaker-in-residence with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for ten years . Atlas has shown many works at The Kitchen, including his acclaimed videos Hail the New Puritan and More Men, as well as performances such as S&D, and collaborated on costume, set and lighting design for numerous productions through the years.