The Dryden Theatre will screen Choreography for Camera, a short film program curated by Douglas Crimp including:

• A Study in Choreography for Camera (Maya Deren, U.S. 1945, 4 min., 16mm)
• Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, U.S. 1946, 15 min., 16mm)
• Meditation on Violence (Maya Deren, U.S. 1948, 13 min., 16mm)
• The Very Eye of Night (Maya Deren, U.S. 1958, 15 min., 16mm)
• Dance in the Sun (Shirley Clarke, U.S. 1953, 8 min., 35mm)
• Bullfight (Shirley Clarke, U.S. 1955, 9 min., 35mm)
• Moment in Love (Shirley Clarke, U.S. 1956, 10 min., 35mm)
• Nine Variations on a Dance Theme (Hilary Harris, U.S. 1966, 13 min., 16mm)

The first installment of our series exploring the relationship between film and dance, curated by Douglas Crimp, features eight short historical landmarks of this particular intersection. Directed by three major American artists, these groundbreaking classics are preoccupied mostly with idea of employing the specifics of cinematographic apparatus to create choreographies that surpass the limitations of stage and can only exist on film.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Feb-6]