Meredith Monk
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1117 |
| Birthday | 1942-11-20 |
| Place of Birth | Queens, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
2019
Songs of Ascension
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A beguiling film from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.
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Songs of Ascension
1978
Quarry
0/0
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work utilizing eleme...
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Quarry
1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
7.667/3
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. A...
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
2013
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
0/0
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,...
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Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
1987
Uncle Meat
6.286/7
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."
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Uncle Meat
1983
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
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A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway
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Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1979
16 Millimeter Earrings
10/1
A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...
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16 Millimeter Earrings
1983
Turtle Dreams
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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...
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Turtle Dreams
1989
Book of Days
8.25/8
This film is a rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective. When the plague afflicts a village, this...
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Book of Days
2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
10/1
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
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Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
1974
A portrait of Meredith Monk
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‘Mark Berger’s years of work as a representational painting can be found here, in this film portrait. Mark Berger was an actor in the Meredith Monk co...
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A portrait of Meredith Monk
1969
Institutional Quality
7/4
Constructed around a found soundtrack in which a strict female voice delivers a test of perception and comprehension, Institutional Quality’s sound an...
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Institutional Quality
2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
7.5/98
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity....
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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
1993
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
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The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...
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The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1980
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
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Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of danc...
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Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1982
Paris
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A filming of Meredith Monk and Ping Chong's 1973 experimental theatre piece.
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Paris
1994
Meredith Monk
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Profile of choreographer, composer and performer Meredith Monk, recorded on location in her home base, New York City. Monk discusses some ideas underl...
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Meredith Monk
2009
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
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Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director, choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater, films and installations. She has been proclaimed...
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Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
2025
Monk in Pieces
8/1
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of creat...
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Monk in Pieces
1995
Meredith
0/0
A documentary on Meredith Monk, a composer, singer, director/choreographer, and creator of new opera, music theater works, films, and installations. S...
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Meredith
1966
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
6/1
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 o...
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