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Speaking of dance. Meredith Monk

Title: Speaking of dance. Meredith Monk [videorecording] / presented by the American Dance Festival ; camera and direction, Douglas Rosenberg.
Publication: Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1996.

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Description

1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Meredith Monk discusses her family's musical heritage ; her childhood studies of dance and music ; her college years at Sarah Lawrence, where she studied with Bessie Schönberg, Judith Dunn, and Beverly Blossom ; her early interest in mixed media performance. Recalling her early years in New York City, she discusses her friendship with Lucas Hoving (who later performed in her film Book of days) ; the presentation of her work Break ; her participation in Happenings, which expanded her range of thinking ; her discovery of the range and expressive power of her voice. She describes significant works in her creative development, among them Break, 16 millimeter earrings, Blueprint, Juice, Needlebrain-Lloyd and the systems kid, Vessel, Paris/Chacon/Venice/Milan (created in collaboration with Ping Chong), Education of the girlchild, Quarry, Book of days, and Facing north (created in collaboration with Robert Een). She talks about seeking the most eloquent balance of elements in her mixed media works ; making environmental and site-specific works ; the notion of architecture as structural organization of space ; making time and memory a part of the work. The interview is interspersed with excerpts from Facing north, performed by Monk and Robert Een, and recorded at Wisconsin Union Theater in 1995.

Series Statement

Speaking of dance

Uniform Title

Facing north (Choreographic work : Monk and Een)

Alternative Title

Meredith Monk

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Video.

Note

Series subtitle: Conversations with contemporary masters of American modern dance.

Credits (note)

Executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.
Credits for Facing north: [created] by Meredith Monk in collaboration with Robert Een ; sets and costumes, Debby Lee Cohen ; lighting, Tony Giovannetti.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5893

OCLC

NYPY02-F440

Title

Speaking of dance. Meredith Monk [videorecording] / presented by the American Dance Festival ; camera and direction, Douglas Rosenberg.

Imprint

Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1996.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Speaking of dance

Credits

Executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.

Credits for Facing north: [created] by Meredith Monk in collaboration with Robert Een ; sets and costumes, Debby Lee Cohen ; lighting, Tony Giovannetti.

Local Subject

Mixed media performances.

Site-specific performance.

Motion pictures. Book of days.

Added Author

Monk, Meredith, interviewee.

Monk, Meredith, choreographer.

Monk, Meredith, dancer.

Monk, Meredith, composer.

Een, Robert. Composer. Performer

Cohen, Debby Lee. Designer. Costume designer

Giovannetti, Tony.

Rosenberg, Douglas. Director

Reinhart, Charles. Producer

Reinhart, Stephanie. Producer

American Dance Festival.

American Dance Festival Video (Firm)

Added Title

Facing north (Choreographic work : Monk and Een)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5893

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