The Very Eye of Night

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The Very Eye of Night (1958)

Directed by Maya Deren

Music · 15m

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.

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Cast

D
Don Freisinger Dancer
R
Richard Sandifer Dancer
P
Patricia Ferrer Dancer
B
Bud Bready Dancer
G
Genaro Gómez Dancer
B
Barbara Levin Dancer
R
Richard Englund Dancer
R
Rosemary Williams Dancer
P
Phillip Salem Dancer

Crew

Director
Maya Deren
Writer
Maya Deren
Editor
Maya Deren

Details

Release date
1958-05-03
Runtime
15m
Genres
Music
Original language
XX
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America