| Description |
1 online resource (1 streaming video file (approximately 45 min.)) |
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A Study in choreography for the camera (silent, 4 min., 1945) / by Maya Deren and Talley Beatty -- Ritual in transfigured time (silent, 15 min., 1946) / [Maya Deren, choreography, Frank Westbrook] -- Meditation on violence (sound, 12 min., 1948) / Maya Deren, performed by Chao Li Chi -- Very eye of night (sound, 15 min., 1955) / conceived, directed, filmed and edited by Maya Deren, performed by the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, with choreography by Anthony Tudor |
| Summary |
This is a compilation of some of Maya Deren's most important films: The very eye of night, (1955) Ritual in transfigured time, (1946) Meditation on violence (1948) Study for choreography and camera (1945). These films address dance as " ... the stylization of movement which confers ritual dimension upon functional motion ..." She has been described as an inheritor of the surrealists, however, Maya Deren was one of the earliest pioneers in the adaptation of dance for the camera. As a woman working in the 1940's and early 50's, her work anticipated many of the obstacles and biases of subsequent feminist discourse. Her work has long been the focus of film scholars, but neglected by those in the world of Dance/Film and Video. Maya Deren's work with Antony Tudor and Talley Beatty among others represent seminal explorations of the possibilities of dance and the camera |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally produced by ADF Video in 2002 |
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Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987.
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Beatty, Talley
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Beatty, Talley fast |
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Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987 fast |
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Modern dance -- United States
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Surrealism in motion pictures.
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Dance.
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Choreographers.
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dances (performance events)
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dances (performing arts compositions)
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choreographers.
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dance (performing arts genre)
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Surrealism in motion pictures
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Modern dance
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Choreographers
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Dance
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United States
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documentary film.
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Short films
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Filmed dance
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Experimental films
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Documentary films
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Internet videos
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Internet videos.
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Filmed dance.
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Documentary films.
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Experimental films.
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Short films.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Danse filmée.
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Documentaires.
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Films expérimentaux.
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Courts métrages.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Deren, Maya.
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Beatty, Talley.
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Westbrook, Frank.
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Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987.
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