Rita Christiani

[1] She danced and toured with the Katherine Dunham Company in the early 1940s.Deren was the main character in the film and Christiani danced the role of Deren’s alter ego, their images interchanging in black and white counterpoint to the dancer Frank Westbrook.[6] Footage of Christiani from this film was included in the documentary In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002) by Martina Kudlacek.[2] Christiani and Deren became close friends, sharing the bond of being uprooted from their native lands as children and coming to America.[2] After working in films and as a dancer, Christiani may have been a nurse in Chicago.
Port of Spain, TrinidadBrooklyn, New YorkKatherine Dunham CompanyMaya DerenRitual in Transfigured TimeAnaïs NinIn the Mirror of Maya DerenThe Black SwanTyrone PowerMaureen O'HaraRoad to MoroccoBob HopeBing CrosbyThank Your Lucky StarsHappy Go LuckyTales of ManhattanCabin in the SkyI Walked with a Zombie