Abstract
No abstract availableThis epilogue was originally published by Parallel Press, an imprint of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, as part of The International Journal of Screendance, Volume 3 (2013), Parallel Press. It is made available here with the kind permission of Parallel Press.
Highlights
My eyes are locked with his, but around the edges, the iris of my vision, there is a circle of dancing movement
Maya Deren wrote this passage, or something close to it, in her diary in 1947, while in Haiti on the first of her several trips to observe, film, record, and participate in the rituals of Voudoun. The passage describes her inauguration into the rhythms of possession: induced by dance, compelled by drum and song
She published a very personal account of this "first contact with Voudoun,"2 based on these diary notes, in December 1948 in the important yet short-lived art and literature magazine The Tiger’s Eye
Summary
My eyes are locked with his, but around the edges, the iris of my vision, there is a circle of dancing movement.
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