The Dance of the Damned Women

*6.9

Status

Released

Production

SVT

Aired

1976-12-05

The Dance of the Damned Women

This short dance film presents four women moving within a narrow, enclosed room to music by Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a dance play rather than a ballet, the performers embody recurring female roles passed down across generations, including figures identified as damned souls, death, and a child compelled into the same patterns.