The latest crop of dance books and recordings includes the DVD of a fascinating 2009 film about Meredith Monk, as well as less-interesting books on pedagogy, technique, and career building.'Meredith Monk: Inner Voice'You don't have to be a Meredith Monk fan, or even terribly familiar with the multidisciplinary experimental artist's vast body of work, to be captivated by Babeth M. VanLoo's documentary "Meredith Monk: Inner Voice" (First Run Features, $24.95, 82 minutes). The riveting, well-structured film intersperses clips of Monk's work—musical compositions, operas, choreography, films, and theater pieces—with dialogues with the artist and interviews with her colleagues. The interviewees, always sharply and colorfully dressed, are situated in beautiful natural settings with lots of light or presented in strikingly composed indoor shots, making the documentary as aesthetically pleasing as it is intellectually enthralling.As Monk engagingly reveals the sources and inspirations behind her art, the listener begins to...
- 9/9/2010
- backstage.com
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