Maya Deren
Dance Films
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Original format 16mm
Year 1945-1955
Artist(s) Maya Deren
Running time 47 min
Films
A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE CAMERA (1945) 2'
RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME (1945-1946) 16'
MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE (1948) 13'
THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT (1952-1955) 15'
Description
"In this film, I attempted to place a dancer in an unlimited cinematic space. Moreover, he shares with the camera the responsibility for the movements themselves. In other words, this is a dance that can only exist on film. With a turn of the foot, he makes neighbors of distant places. As a cinematic ritual, it is realized not only in spatial terms, but in terms of time created by the camera."
— Maya Deren
"In her approach, we have the beginnings of a virtually new art form, 'cine-choreography,' in which dance and camera collaborate in the creation of a single work of art."
— John Martin, New York Times