Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Monk, Meredith
2. Een, Robert.
3. Cohen, Debby Lee.
4. Giovannetti, Tony.
5. Rosenberg, Douglas.
6. Reinhart, Charles.
7. Reinhart, Stephanie.
8. American Dance Festival.
9. American Dance Festival Video (Firm)

Description

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

Summary

1. 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

1. Speaking of dance

Uniform title

1. Facing north (Choreographic work : Monk and Een)

Alternative title

1. Meredith Monk

Subject

1. Needlebrain-Lloyd and the systems kid (Choreographic work : Monk)
2. Chong, Ping
3. Choreographers > United States > Interviews
4. Interviews
5. Dance
6. Juice (Choreographic work : Monk)
7. Vessel (Choreographic work : Monk)
8. Site-specific performance
9. Blueprint (Choreographic work : Monk)
10. Composers > United States > Interviews
11. Break (Choreographic work : Monk)
12. Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk)
13. Dancers > United States > Interviews
14. 16 millimeter earrings (Choreographic work : Monk)
15. Video
16. Paris/Chacon/Venice/Milan (Choreographic work : Monk and Chong)
17. Hoving, Lucas
18. Blossom, Beverly
19. Dunn, Judith
20. Motion pictures > Book of days
21. Monk, Meredith
22. Mixed media performances
23. Artistic collaboration
24. Schönberg, Bessie
25. Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5893

Note

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

Credits (note)

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

Title

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

Imprint

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

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Speaking of dance

Credits

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

Local subject

1. Mixed media performances.
2. Site-specific performance.
3. Motion pictures. Book of days.

Added author

1. Monk, Meredith, interviewee.
2. Monk, Meredith, choreographer.
3. Monk, Meredith, dancer.
4. Monk, Meredith, composer.
5. Een, Robert. Composer. Performer
6. Cohen, Debby Lee. Designer. Costume designer
7. Giovannetti, Tony.
8. Rosenberg, Douglas. Director
9. Reinhart, Charles. Producer
10. Reinhart, Stephanie. Producer
11. American Dance Festival.
12. American Dance Festival Video (Firm)

Added title

1. Facing north (Choreographic work : Monk and Een)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5893