Meredith Monk Trailers
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Most Popular Meredith Monk Trailers
Total trailers found: 38
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance Trailer (2001)
16 December 2001
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
Turtle Dreams Trailer (1983)
02 September 1983
Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her Vocal Ensemble.
Uncle Meat Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat.
Book of Days Trailer (1989)
01 October 1989
This film is a rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective.
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion.
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor Trailer (2009)
10 February 2009
The filmmaker, fighting ovarian cancer, stage 3, returns to her experimental roots, in a multilayered film of numerous chemotherapy sessions with images of light and movement that take her far from the hospital bed.
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? Trailer (2018)
19 February 2018
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity.
Notre Musique Trailer (2004)
19 May 2004
A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war itself.
16 Millimeter Earrings Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes.
Ball Bearing Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Early 16mm film by Meredith Monk also presented as an installation piece to play continuously forward and backward for an unrestricted time period.
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk Trailer (1983)
01 December 1983
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway
A portrait of Meredith Monk Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
‘Mark Berger’s years of work as a representational painting can be found here, in this film portrait.
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 Trailer (2013)
22 October 2013
A rare and powerful solo performance by one of the most important and original artists in the world. Recorded in 1980 at a studio out on Long Island, Meredith is in full voice, relaxed and creatively inspired by a small audience of Monk cogniscenti.
Quarry Trailer (1978)
08 August 1978
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work utilizing elements of music, images, movement, dialogue, film, sound, and light.
Monk in Pieces Trailer (2025)
25 July 2025
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time.
Evolver Trailer (2023)
23 November 2023
Evolver is a collective virtual reality experience which drops audiences deep inside the landscape of the body, following the flow of oxygen through our branching ecosystem to a single breathing cell.
Ellis Island Trailer (1981)
21 March 1981
Meredith Monk's "Ellis Island" is a haunting, reflective piece on Ellis Island and the immigrants who passed through there.
Children Trailer (1967)
29 September 1967
Children play. First shown normally, then shown in reverse.
Ellis Island Trailer (1979)
15 June 1979
Not to be confused with her longer film from 1981, this is an earlier film about Ellis Island made by Meredith Monk.
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice Trailer (2009)
15 October 2009
Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director, choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater, films and installations.
16 Millimeter Earrings Trailer (1966)
29 September 1966
Not to be confused with Robert Withers's 1979 "16 Millimeter Earrings" which builds upon this work, Meredith Monk's 1966 "16 Millimeter Earrings" is a black and white film of a woman holding a magnifying glass to each eye and tearing apart several wigs.
Quarry Trailer (1975)
02 April 1975
Like gnomes, dancers emerge from and hide again behind boulders. Not to be confused with Meredith Monk's 1978 opera of the same name.
Institutional Quality Trailer (1969)
27 September 1969
Constructed around a found soundtrack in which a strict female voice delivers a test of perception and comprehension, Institutional Quality’s sound and image relationship become detached as the filmmakerloses interest in his subject.
Meredith Monk Trailer (1994)
11 October 1994
Profile of choreographer, composer and performer Meredith Monk, recorded on location in her home base, New York City.
Pearls Trailer (1988)
11 February 1988
With minimal tools and the limitation of a single image of a woman’s head a set of pearls activates a woman’s inner drive expressing freedom of movement.
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers Trailer (1980)
01 October 1980
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers.
Offering Shrine Trailer (2021)
13 November 2021
A key, a strawberry, diamonds. Drawing on Meredith Monk's Buddhist practice, "Offering Shrine" is a meditation on human objects.
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds Trailer (1979)
01 October 1979
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City.
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ) Trailer (1966)
06 June 1966
Schneemann's classic 1966 aerial "Kinetic Theatre" work was first staged at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, with eight performers moving to a score of randomized encounter on layers of rigged ropes and pulleys.
Trees' Migration Trailer (2009)
24 October 2009
The migration in Autumn, when the clouds carry the forests away...
Paris Trailer (1982)
01 June 1982
A filming of Meredith Monk and Ping Chong's 1973 experimental theatre piece.
Meredith Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
A documentary on Meredith Monk, a composer, singer, director/choreographer, and creator of new opera, music theater works, films, and installations.
Songs of Ascension Trailer (2019)
27 February 2019
A beguiling film from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.
