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A Study in Choreography for Camera
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A Study in Choreography for Camera

1945-10-17 · 2 min · ★ 5.9

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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.

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Maya Deren
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United States of America
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Talley BeattyDancer

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