23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

The Very Eye of the Night

Maya Deren

USA

1959, 15'

A celestial choreography that tells us about the absolute liberation of references and narrative. Against a starry sky, figures (students at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School in New York) show us the inner universe one enters when one falls asleep.

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INFO

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Very Eye of the Night

CAST

Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Bud Bready, Genaro Gomez, Barbara Levin, Richard Englund, Rosemary Williams, Phillip Salem, Patricia Ferrier

PHOTOGRAPHY

Maya Deren

EDITING

Maya Deren

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