Maya Deren's films are generally either surrealist non-narratives or dance/motion films. This one is a bit of both.
The film starts with Deren in what is essentially a cameo as a lady with some yarn, but it mainly follows a young woman wondering through a puzzling world. The highlight of the film is an extended party scene. It's a dance based on the way people move when they're at a party, pushing through, greeting people, moving on. Perhaps it's wrong to say it's a dance - it's a study in movement, and it's not until you see that movements are repeating that it's really clear it's choreographed.
There's dancing that's closer to what we think of as dancing after that, but that was only mildly interesting.
Honestly this probably would have been a better film if it had been nothing but the party. But it's genuinely interesting.
The film starts with Deren in what is essentially a cameo as a lady with some yarn, but it mainly follows a young woman wondering through a puzzling world. The highlight of the film is an extended party scene. It's a dance based on the way people move when they're at a party, pushing through, greeting people, moving on. Perhaps it's wrong to say it's a dance - it's a study in movement, and it's not until you see that movements are repeating that it's really clear it's choreographed.
There's dancing that's closer to what we think of as dancing after that, but that was only mildly interesting.
Honestly this probably would have been a better film if it had been nothing but the party. But it's genuinely interesting.