Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Πολιτισμικές και Κινηματογραφικές ΣπουδέςLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Skarmoutsos Vasileios
Supervisors info:
Κα Μαρία Κομνηνού, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, τμήμα ΕΜΜΕ,Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Η Αμερικάνικη Avant-Garde:Κινηματογράφος και χορός. Η περίπτωση της Maya Deren.
Translated title:
The American Avant-Garde: Film and Dance.The case of Maya Deren.
Summary:
Maya Deren was an influential artist, her artistic work is the base for the appearance of the American Avant-Garde, she is called the mother of the American Avant-Garde and she continues to be an inspiration to the artists that are committed to experiment with the limits of art. Maya Deren’s body of work combines two different kinds of art, cinema and dance. She is the first artist to do that, the term filmdance ,that characterizes that combination, is attributed to her. This paper examines her artistic work, the way she combined different arts and artistic styles in it and how she influenced the Avant-garde movement in the 20th century.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Other subject categories:
Καλλιτεχνικά
Keywords:
Avant-Garde,dance,film,cinema,filmdance,Maya Deren
