Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Deren, Maya.
2. Beatty, Talley
3. Christiani, Rita
4. Westbrook, Frank
5. Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977
6. Chi, Ch'ao-Li.
7. Englund, Richard, 1931-1991
8. Ferrier, Pat
9. Salem, Philip
10. Barron, Bebe.
11. Barron, Louis, 1920-1989.
12. Hammid, Alexander.
13. Heyman, Hella.
14. Itō, Teiji.
15. Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987.
16. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet School.
17. Mystic Fire Video, Inc.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (74 min.) : sd. and si., b&w NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Video recording of six cinedance works. For 16mm recordings of four of these works, see: *MGZHB 2-166 A study in choreography for camera ; *MGZHB 6-674 Ritual in transfigured time ; *MGZHB 6-976 Meditation on violence ; *MGZHB 6-675 The very eye of night.

Alternative title

1. Maya Deren: Collected experimental films

Subject

1. Motion pictures
2. Dance
3. Motion pictures > A study in choreography for camera
4. Motion pictures > Meshes of the afternoon
5. Motion pictures > Meditation on violence
6. Experimental films
7. Motion pictures > Ritual in transfigured time
8. Television > Maya Deren: Experimental films
9. Motion pictures > The very eye of night
10. Cinedance
11. Motion pictures > At land
12. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Motion pictures.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Meshes of the afternoon (1943) (ca. 14 min.) / a film by Maya Deren and Alexander Ham[m]id, Hollywood, 1943 ; music, Teiji Ito ; performed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid and others.
2. At land (1944) (si., ca. 15 min.) / photographed with the assistance of Hella Hamon [Heyman] and Alexander Ham[m]id, New York, 1944.
3. A study in choreography for camera (1945) (si., ca. 4 min.) / by Maya Deren and Talley Beatty ; danced by Talley Beatty.
4. Ritual in transfigured time (c1946) (si., ca. 15 min.) / photography, Hella Hayman [Heyman] ; choreographic collaboration, Frank Westbrook ; performed by Rita Christiani, Frank Westbrook, Anaïs Nin, Maya Deren, and others. Silent.
5. Meditation on violence (c1948) (ca. 12 min.) / movement based on traditional methods of the wu-tang and shao-lin schools of Chinese boxing ; music, Chinese flute and Haitian drum music arranged by Maya Deren ; performed by Ch'ao-li Chi.
6. The very eye of night (1952-1959) (ca. 15 min.) / conceived, directed, filmed and edited by Maya Deren ; choreography for camera by Maya Deren, made in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School students under the direction of Antony Tudor ; music, Teiji Ito ; lighting, Ernst Neukanen ; performed by Don Freisinger and Richard Sandifer (Gemini) ; Patricia Ferrier (Ariel) ; Bud Brody (Oberon) ; Genaro Gomez (Umbriel) ; Barbara Levin (Titania) ; Richard Englund (Uranus) ; Rosemary Williams (Urania) ; Phillip Salem (Noctambulo) ; music played by Louis and Bebe Barron.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5377

Note

1. Title on frame: Maya Deren: Collected experimental films.
2. Title on cassette label and wrapper: Maya Deren: Experimental films.

Title

1. Maya Deren: Experimental films [videorecording]

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : Mystic Fire Video, c1986.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Local subject

1. Television. Maya Deren: Experimental films.
2. Motion pictures. Meshes of the afternoon.
3. Motion pictures. At land.
4. Motion pictures. A study in choreography for camera.
5. Motion pictures. Ritual in transfigured time.
6. Motion pictures. Meditation on violence.
7. Motion pictures. The very eye of night.
8. Cinedance.

Added author

1. Deren, Maya. drt, choreographer, dancer.
2. Beatty, Talley, choreographer.
3. Beatty, Talley, dancer.
4. Christiani, Rita, dancer.
5. Westbrook, Frank, choreographer, dancer.
6. Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977, dancer.
7. Chi, Ch'ao-Li. Performer
8. Englund, Richard, 1931-1991, dancer.
9. Ferrier, Pat, dancer.
10. Salem, Philip, dancer.
11. Barron, Bebe. Musician
12. Barron, Louis, 1920-1989. Musician
13. Hammid, Alexander. Performer
14. Heyman, Hella. Photographer
15. Itō, Teiji. Composer
16. Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987.
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet School.
18. Mystic Fire Video, Inc.

ISBN

1. 1561760331

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5377