Ritual in Transfigured Time – POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin

Still aus Ritual in Transfigured Time, 1946. Mit Genehmigung von Re:Voir

A ritual is an action distinguished from all others in that it seeks the realization of its purpose through the exercise of form. In this sense ritual is art; and even historically, all art derives from ritual. In ritual, the form is the meaning. More specifically, the quality of movement is not merely a decorative factor; it is the meaning itself of the movement. In this sense, this film is dance.

Maya Deren: Chamber Films, program notes for a presentation, 1960

#Title: Ritual in Transfigured Time
#Director: Maya Deren
#Choreography: Frank Westbrook
#Year of Production: 1946
#Duration: 00:15:00
#Dance and Acting: Rita Christiani, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook, Maya Deren
#Camera: Hella Heyman, Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
#Editing: Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren