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TBT: Meredith Monk on the Pressure to Do Something New

by Courtney Escoyne | Apr 17, 2026

A triptych of archival images of Meredith Monk. At center is the cover of the April 1976 issue of Dance Magazine, which is a bright red with a black and white image of Meredith Monk, costumed in a fake mustache and with her long braid mostly tucked beneath a beret, holding her hands up with an uncertain look. To the left, a black and white image of her seated at a table, eyes closed as she runs her fingertips around the edge of a water glass and sings. To the right, Monk performs in a white t-shirt and baggy pants in a loft space. She is balanced on one leg, the other raised with a flexed foot and bent knee to the side as she leans away from it, far arm curving toward her face.

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