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Additional authors

1. Monk, Meredith
2. Een, Robert
3. Goodman, Andrea, 1953-
4. Hosseini, Naaz
5. Langland, Paul
6. Lockwood, Steve
7. Roxbury, Ron
8. Turner, Gail
9. Greenaway, Peter
10. Monk, Meredith

Description

1. 1 cassette. 53 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Documentary on the work of choreographer/composer Meredith Monk, based on performances given at the Almeida Theatre, London, as part of a New York/Almeida Festival. Conversations with Monk and glimpses of her company's pre-performance warm-ups are interspersed throughout the film, which includes excerpts of Dolmen music, 16 millimeter earrings, Education of the girlchild ("The traveling" and "Biography" songs), Quarry, Ellis Island, and Turtle dreams.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Mystic Fire Video.

Uniform title

1. Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk)
2. Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk)
3. Ellis Island (Choreographic work : Monk)
4. Turtle dreams (Choreographic work : Monk)

Subject

1. Monk, Meredith

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1384

Note

1. Motion picture produced by Trans Atlantic Films for Channel Four Television. Re-issued as a videocassette in 1991 by Mystic Fire Video, Inc., New York. Distributed by PolyGram Video. Producer: Revel Guest. Director: Peter Greenaway. Part 3 of the video series Four American composers. Parts 1, 2, and 4 of this series, on John Cage, Robert Ashley, and Philip Glass, are housed in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
2. Choreography/music: Meredith Monk.
3. Perf. by Meredith Monk, Robert Een, Andrea Goodman, Naaz Hosseini, Paul Langland, Steve Lockwood, Ron Roxbury, and Gail Turner.

Title

1. Meredith Monk [videorecording]

Imprint

1. c1983.

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. Meredith Monk.
2. Television. Four American composers.

Added author

1. Monk, Meredith, choreographer.
2. Monk, Meredith, interviewee.
3. Monk, Meredith, composer.
4. Monk, Meredith, dancer.
5. Een, Robert, dancer.
6. Goodman, Andrea, 1953- dancer.
7. Hosseini, Naaz, dancer.
8. Langland, Paul, dancer.
9. Lockwood, Steve, dancer.
10. Roxbury, Ron, dancer.
11. Turner, Gail, dancer.
12. Greenaway, Peter. Director
13. Monk, Meredith. 16 millimeter earrings.

Added title

1. Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk)
2. Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk)
3. Ellis Island (Choreographic work : Monk)
4. Turtle dreams (Choreographic work : Monk)

ISBN

1. 1561762369

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1384