The Very Eye of Night (1958)

Name: The Very Eye of Night
Genre: Music, Fantasy
Released: 1958-05-03
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Patricia Ferrer, Bud Bready, Genaro Gómez

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.

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Released 1958-05-03 · 15 min · Music, Fantasy

Directed by Maya Deren

Cast

Don Freisinger as Dancer
Richard Sandifer as Dancer
Patricia Ferrer as Dancer
Bud Bready as Dancer
Genaro Gómez as Dancer
Barbara Levin as Dancer
Richard Englund as Dancer
Rosemary Williams as Dancer
Phillip Salem as Dancer