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