The Very Eye of Night
1958 · 0h 15m · Fantasy, Music · United States of America
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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Maya Deren6.0Smart score
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avant-gardeballet dancingcontemporary dancedance filmdance performanceexperimental filmmodern dancesilent filmwoman director
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