Turtle Dreams; Meredith Monk's Turtle Dreams

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Program
Turtle Dreams
Title
Meredith Monk's Turtle Dreams
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-5ada16fab93
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Description
Program Description
Turtle Dreams, 1983, was created by the dance/theater artist and composer Meredith Monk. The video is a collage-style work that juxtaposes minimalist movement phrasing and vocal work with images of a live turtle traversing various terrains. The turtle is pictured both in an outdoor natural habitat and roaming through constructed sets (the moon's surface, a city block), which play with scale to make the turtle seem gigantic. The performers execute shifting movements and sing repetitive sounds against a spare backdrop. Close-ups of their features and hands appear.
Description
In this short excerpt from Meredith Monk's "Turtle Dreams, " the performers execute shifting movements and sing repetitive sounds against a spare backdrop. Approximate date: 1983
Asset type
Clip
Genres
Performance
Topics
Animals
Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:01:05.300
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Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier: cpb-aacip-d33094e44f2 (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:01:05.300
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Citations
Chicago: “Turtle Dreams; Meredith Monk's Turtle Dreams,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 17, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-5ada16fab93.
MLA: “Turtle Dreams; Meredith Monk's Turtle Dreams.” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 17, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-5ada16fab93>.
APA: Turtle Dreams; Meredith Monk's Turtle Dreams. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-5ada16fab93