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Also Known As Eleanora Derenkowsky
Born April 29, 1917 • Kyiv • Ukraine
Died October 13, 1961 (aged 44) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “A Study in Choreography for Camera” • “At Land” • “Meditation on Violence” • “Meshes of the Afternoon” • “Ritual in Transfigured Time” • “The Very Eye of Night”
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