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DAT Journal

ISSN 2526-1789

1 paper in the library · publishing 2018

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Screendance as enactment in Maya Deren’s At Land

DAT Journal June 12, 2018 Pia Tikka

The dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker Maya Deren can be seen as one of the pioneers of screendance. Her experimental films have challenged conventional plot- driven mainstream cinema by emphasizing an ambiguous experience, open for multiple interpretations. For Deren film viewing is a socially determined ritual embodying intersubjectively shared experiences of participants. This makes her...