A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)

10/17/1945 (US) • Music • 2m

Overview

Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence.

A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)

10/17/1945 (US) • 2m

Music

Overview

Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence.

Top Billed Cast

Talley Beatty

Dancer

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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

dance performance

woman director

short film

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