Meredith Monk: "Particular Dance"

Composed by Meredith Monk
From "impermanence" (2006)
Performed by Theo Bleckmann, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Ching Gonzalez, John Hollenbeck, Bohden Hilash, Meredith Monk and Allison Sniffin
BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, NY

[@JenniferJohnMusic]

It reminds me of lots of different birds' dances. It's wonderful! Playful, free, cheeky and funny! Gorgeousness

[@Postphenomenology]

Such a wonderful and joyous work. It radiates! Eternally grateful to have access to these recordings. Thank you, Meredith.

[@sergeydudnikov9954]

Танец навеял рассказ Бианки « Птичий базар» Потрясающее сходство с птицами! ❤️

[@ChristyOFaghan]

a fascinating commentary on the dissolution of society, the choreography borrowing elements of communal folk dance which grew from each party finding a place to display one's strengths in shared work, reworked for the modern milieau where rugged individualism takes precedence making each dancer's movements only faintly connected to the core and even sporadic partnerships are disjointed, taken up quickly and ended just as soon, thus perhaps in a reaction to an unconscious recognition the figures take up a chanting that grows louder and more expressive as if to give a raison detre in the proceedings and restore some coherence, yet even that is marred by disparate voices at odds with each other become more jarring and soon those on the periphery of the dance tire of the whole pursuit and in turn see those at the centre drained of will to go on: so where once we had cohesion we see dissipation and the stark reality damns that what they held in common wasn't strong enough to bind for generations such as that which galvanised the working peasant stock they ape, the malaise of the west bringing culture to its knees à bout de souffle and spent, Ms. Monk unequivocally informing us that feminism was a mistake

[@tripleavatar333]

Feminism? 😂 I'm pretty sure that everything you've stated here actually should be blamed on colonialism. The shit "art" already escalated post WWII, which is definitely NOT considered a feminism era, plus I've never even heard of an "artist" of that timeline that wasn't a man. 😂

[@ChristyOFaghan]

@@tripleavatar333 well bearing in mind the folk dancing in question has roots older than recorded history, that you've not heard of any female artist within that timeline marks you as singularly uninformed.
aren't you aware that the oldest decorative items and sculptures are almost uniformly works that if not created by women, then were very much designed to female taste ?
look to the the "venus of willendorf" for instance - which many have theorised to be a self portrait - or simply turn your gaze to the neolithic pottery, fabrics and jewellery that have been unearthed, showing the industrious artistry of la femme throughout time
what of the influential ladies upon thrones such as the Queen of Sheba, Boadicea, Cleopatra or even Elizabeth the First commissioning works to their own liking - do you doubt their creative control ?
and what of the poets and bards, Sappho to name the earliest on record or much more recently the Brontes, Austen and Shelley - perhaps you view prose as unworthy of the title "art" but to take such a position would see you very much in the minority
no, no, that you have such a myopic and moreover, blinkered view of women in the arts - and by extension: their place in creating each epoch of civilisation - would suggest your educators have robbed you of not just finances, but understanding

[@ChristyOFaghan]

@@tripleavatar333 no, it's definitely about feminism

[@dallasflaneur]

You got all that? Okay.

[@ChristyOFaghan]

@@dallasflaneur As the Japanese often say: la danse est un langage.