A Study in Choreography for Camera
Choreography for Camera
A Study in Choreography for Camera
(Maya Deren, US 1945, 4 min., 16mm)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
(Maya Deren, US 1946, 15 min., 16mm)
Meditation on Violence
(Maya Deren, US 1948, 13 min., 16mm)
The Very Eye of Night
(Maya Deren, US 1958, 15 min., 16mm)
Dance in the Sun
(Shirley Clarke, US 1953, 8 min., 35mm)
Bullfight
(Shirley Clarke, US 1955, 9 min., 35mm)
Moment in Love
(Shirley Clarke, US 1956, 10 min., 35mm)
Nine Variations on a Dance Theme
(Hilary Harris, US 1966, 13 min., 16mm)
Choreography for Camera. The first installment of our series exploring the relationship between film and dance, curated by Douglas Crimp, features eight short historical landmarks of this particular intersection. Directed by three major American artists, these groundbreaking classics are preoccupied mostly with idea of employing the specifics of cinematographic apparatus to create choreographies that surpass the limitations of stage and can only exist on film.
Introduction by Douglas Crimp, Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Art History, University of Rochester. Prints of films by Shirley Clarke courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.