Maya Deren - The Very Eye Of Night (1958)

 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. 

1958

The Very Eye of Night

16 mm

15 minutes

In collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School;[12] assistant director: Harrison Starr III; music by Teiji Itō[11]