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A celebration service, dress rehearsal

Title: A celebration service, dress rehearsal, 1997-06-05 [videorecording] / by Meredith Monk.
Publication: 1997.

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Found In

Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.

Description

1 videodisc (52 min) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A compilation of vocal and dance pieces from a variety of Meredith Monk's works, including "Offering" from Volcano Songs (1994), "Dawn" and "Fields/Clouds" from Book of Days (1985), "Quarry Weave no. 2" from Quarry (1976), "Tower" from Vessel: An Opera Epic (1971), "Celebration Dance" from The Politics of Quiet (1996), "Other Worlds Revealed" and "Earth Seen From Above" from ATLAS: an opera in 3 parts (1991), and "Processional" from American Archeology no. 1: Roosevelt Island (1994). "Kah-La-Le-Imo", adapted and arranged by Tiyé Giraud, was used with permission. Readings from religious texts and prayers of various religions are interspersed with the performances. Monk gives direction during and between songs and dance performances. At the end of the video, about 48 minutes in, there is an interview with Meredith Monk and an unnamed interviewer in which she discusses A Celebration Service and her plans for future projects.

Uniform Title

Volcano songs (Choreographic work : Monk) Offering.
Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk) Quarry weave. no. 2.
Vessel (Choreographic work : Monk) Tower.
Politics of quiet (Choreographic work : Monk) Celebration dance.
Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk) Other worlds revealed.
Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk) Earth seen from above.
American archeology no.1: Roosevelt Island (Choreographic work : Monk) Processional.

Alternative Title

Meredith Monk archive. Moving image materials.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Music.
Video.

Note

Cast and credits information found in the program for this performance, located in the Meredith Monk Archive, 1959-2006. Call number LPA Mss 2006-001, box 21.

Credits (note)

Director, composer, and choreographer, Meredith Monk ; associate director, Pablo Vela ; lighting/technical director, Stan Pressner ; costume design, Carol Ann Pelletier. Shot by Joachim Kruger of In Focus.

Event (note)

Videotaped on June 5, 1997 at Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina for Lufthansa Airlines [i.e. Deutsche Lufthansa] promo (Add. copy). Part of the Spoleto Festival USA 1997.

Funding (note)

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Source (note)

Meredith Monk and House Foundation for the Arts

Linking Entry (note)

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

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6574

OCLC

743708342

Title

A celebration service, dress rehearsal, 1997-06-05 [videorecording] / by Meredith Monk.

Imprint

1997.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Performer

Performers: Carlos Arévalo, Theo Bleckmann, Thomas Bogdan, Allison Easter, Dina Emerson, Emily Eyre, Katie Geissinger, Ching Gonzalez, Stephen Kalm, Meredith Monk, Amy Santos, Allison Sniffin, Randall Wong ; Readers: Emerald Trinket Monsod, Pablo Vela ; Organist: Cynthia Powell ; Processional Dancers: Mary Durando, Dhana Harrelson, Jeni Johnstone, Michelle Mays, Pam O'Briand, Jacquie St. Denis, Gabriel Sanchez, Judith Yost.

Credits

Director, composer, and choreographer, Meredith Monk ; associate director, Pablo Vela ; lighting/technical director, Stan Pressner ; costume design, Carol Ann Pelletier. Shot by Joachim Kruger of In Focus.

Event

Videotaped on June 5, 1997 at Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina for Lufthansa Airlines [i.e. Deutsche Lufthansa] promo (Add. copy). Part of the Spoleto Festival USA 1997.

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) ; 1/2 in.

Funding

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Linking Entry

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

Source

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

Added Author

Monk, Meredith, director.

Monk, Meredith, composer.

Monk, Meredith, choreographer.

Monk, Meredith, performer.

Pressner, Stan. Lighting designer

Pelletier, Carol Ann. Costume designer

Arévalo, Carlos. Performer

Bleckmann, Theo. Performer

Bogdan, Thomas. Performer

Easter, Allison. Performer

Emerson, Dina. Performer

Eyre, Emily. Performer

Geissinger, Katie. Performer

Gonzalez, Ching. Performer

Kalm, Stephen. Performer

Santos, Amy. Performer

Sniffin, Allison. Performer

Wong, Randall K. Performer

Monsod, Trinket. Performer

Vela, Pablo. Performer

Powell, Cynthia. Musician

Durando, Mary. Performer

Harrelson, Dhana. Performer

Johnstone, Jeni. Performer

Mays, Michelle. Performer

O'Briand, Pam. Performer

St. Denis, Jacquie. Performer

Sánchez, Gabriel. Performer

Yost, Judith. Performer

Kruger, Joachim. Videographer

Monk, Meredith. Book of days. Dawn.

Monk, Meredith. Book of days. Fields/clouds.

Giraud, Tiyé. Hokumbe. Kah-la-le-imo.

Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (1997 : Charleston, S.C.)

Deutsche Lufthansa (1953- ) Producer

Monk, Meredith. Donor

House Foundation for the Arts. Donor

Added Title

Volcano songs (Choreographic work : Monk) Offering.

Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk) Quarry weave. no. 2.

Vessel (Choreographic work : Monk) Tower.

Politics of quiet (Choreographic work : Monk) Celebration dance.

Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk) Other worlds revealed.

Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk) Earth seen from above.

American archeology no.1: Roosevelt Island (Choreographic work : Monk) Processional.

Meredith Monk archive. Moving image materials.

Found In:

Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6574

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