Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
October 22, 1946Release Date
Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
October 22, 1946Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Rita Christiani
Maya Deren
Director
Anaïs Nin
Haughty woman
Frank Westbrook
Dancer / Choreographer
Gore Vidal
Man (uncredited)
Hella Hammid
Cinematography
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Ritual in Transfigured Time is a 1946 American experimental silent short film directed by Maya Deren. Like Deren's previous work, A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945), she explores the use of dance on film through the lens of commentary of societal norms, metamorphosis, and anthropomorphism. The film is notable for its disjointed storytelling and use of slow motion, freeze framing, and unique blend of stage dance and film.
Deren became known for her affinity for dance in other subsequent films such as Meditation on Violence, Ensemble for Somnambulists, and Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. Elinor Cleghorn writes: "While she never undertook formal training, she identified as a dancer; but rather than pursuing a career as a performer she made her fascination with dance as cultural expression the focus of her progression as a writer and researcher."