A Study In Choreography For Camera
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It was in Maya Deren's third project, Study in Choreography for Camera, that Deren fully realized her vision of freeing the human body from the confines of theatrical—and actual—space. In Study, a dancer (Talley Beatty) moves effortlessly within and between different environments (forest, living room, museum gallery, etc.), an achievement arrived at through the careful matching of his precisely choreographed movements with the film's editing pattern. As Beatty leaps from space to space across Deren's film splices, a new geographical reality is created, one where great distances can be covered within the span of just four minutes. Beatty's disciplined performance never betrays the difficulties that he and his director must have overcome to attain so fluid a result. Deren's camera, in effect, becomes Beatty's partner.
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The Film-Makers' Cooperative x The Brooklyn Rail: An Ode to Maya Deren
Five Maya Deren films
This Labor Day, we're thrilled to collaborate with our friends at The Brooklyn Rail for an exciting Maya Deren screening series!
Films
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Other films by this artist in our catalogue
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Meshes of the Afternoon
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, sound, 14 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
The Witch's Cradle
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, silent, 12 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
At Land
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, silent, 14 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
Ritual In Transfigured Time
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, silent, 15 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Meditation On Violence
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, sound, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Dance Films
Maya Derenblack and white, silent and sound, 47 minRental format: DVD PAL - Read MoreExperimental
The Very Eye of Night
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, sound, 15 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Maya Deren16mm, black and white, sound, 54 minRental format: 16mm