Meredith Monk
Birthday
1942/11/20 (83 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
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 G...Read more
Acting
(2019) Songs of Ascension
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(1978) Quarry
as Child
(1979) Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
(2013) Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
as Herself
(1987) Uncle Meat
as Red Face Girl
(1983) Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
as Herself
(1979) 16 Millimeter Earrings
as Herself
(1983) Turtle Dreams
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(1989) Book of Days
as Madwoman
(2001) Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
(1974) A portrait of Meredith Monk
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(1969) Institutional Quality
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(2018) Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
as Self
(1993) The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
as Herself
(1980) Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
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(1982) Paris
as Paris Couple
(1994) Meredith Monk
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(2009) Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
as Self
(2025) Monk in Pieces
as Self
(1995) Meredith
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(1966) Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
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