Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Monk, Meredith
2. Vela, Pablo
3. Butler, Maevefiona
4. Meschter, Dave
5. Huff, Harry
6. Krajniak, Paul
7. Pelletier, Carol Ann
8. Cohen, Debby Lee
9. Giovannetti, Tony
10. Applied Audio Technologies
11. Festival d'Avignon
12. Monk, Meredith. dnr
13. House Foundation for the Arts. dnr

Found in

1. Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (103 min) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Mixed-media performance in four parts combining vocal and instrumental music, dance, slide projections, and video.

Uniform title

1. Politics of quiet (Choreographic work : Monk)

Alternative title

1. Meredith Monk archive. Moving image materials.

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Music.
3. Video.
4. Filmed performances.

Contents

1. Disc 1. [Monk solo vocal performance] (ca. 8 min.) -- [part] I (ca. 28 min.): Prayer 1, Meeting songs ; Demon meditations (partial).
2. Disc 2. [part] I, continued (ca. 13 min.): Demon meditations (cont'd) ; Folk dance -- [part] II (ca. 10 min.): Ancestors chorale ; Obsolete objects ; Ancestors chorale -- [part] III (ca. 14 min.): Night (Elegy) (partial).
3. Disc 3. [part] III, continued (ca. 15 min.): Night (Elegy) (cont'd) ; Prayer 2 ; Prayer 3 -- [part] IV (ca. 10 min.): Time pavanne ; Birth of the stars.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6511

Language

1. French

Note

1. Credit list pulled from credits on *MGZIDVD 5-6506, the 1997 performance of this work.
2. First 8 minutes of disc 1 includes footage of Monk performing other unrelated material with piano accompaniment, interspersed with commentary in French by Monk.

Credits (note)

1. Choreography, Meredith Monk ; associate director, Pablo Vela ; lighting design, Tony Giovannetti ; sound design/opening chaos, David Meschter/Applied Audio Technologies ; costume design, Carol Ann Pelletier ; visual design, Paul Krajniak ; object design, Debby Lee Cohen ; production manager, Abbie H. Katz ; production coordinator, Amy Santos ; dramaturg and assistant to the director, Maevefiona Butler ; musical director, Harry Huff ; children's dance sequence, Dina Emerson ; slide photographer, Roy Gumpel ; photographer's assistant, Amy Silverman.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Festival d'Avignon in Avignon, France on July 30, 1996.

Funding (note)

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Meredith Monk and House Foundation for the Arts

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.

Country of producing entity

1. France.

Original version

1. Original format: 3 videocassettes (Betacam SP, PAL) ; 1/2 in.

Source

1. Gift; Meredith Monk and House Foundation for the Arts, 2006.

Added author

1. Monk, Meredith, choreographer.
2. Vela, Pablo. Production personnel
3. Butler, Maevefiona. Production personnel
4. Meschter, Dave. Sound designer
5. Huff, Harry. Conductor
6. Krajniak, Paul. Technical director
7. Pelletier, Carol Ann. Costume designer
8. Cohen, Debby Lee. Technical director
9. Giovannetti, Tony. Lighting designer
10. Applied Audio Technologies.
11. Festival d'Avignon.
12. Monk, Meredith. Donor
13. House Foundation for the Arts. Donor