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February 10th-16th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk: ‘What I love about Ireland is that there is still a belief in magic’
The New York-born artist, who is about to give a rare Irish performance, has reinvented vocalisation from the ground up and inside out
Christina Petrowska-Quilico: Retro Americana review – A dry piano record
American composers Cowell, Rzewski and Monk are the attractions here
Divine Madness review: Where the voice starts dancing and the body starts singing
Meredith Monk’s credo is at the heart of John Scott’s dance-based exploration of the physicality of the operatic soprano
Golden years: 10 pop stars who made great music in their sixties and beyond
How much harder it is for a star to deliver records that matter when, like Madonna, they have passed their 60th birthday?
David Lang: ‘Minimalism existed for about a minute ’
In curating the What? . . . Wow festival, Lang is examining the legacy of his neighbourhood, and the 1960s New York scene that gave the world minimalism
Vivienne Dick: stifled in Ireland, celebrated in New York
The influential Irish film-maker brings her new film to the Darklight festival. She talks about her long career, and leaving Ireland for the buzz of the 1970s No Wave scene
Actions: An Evening of Men in Motion
It may lack focus, but this performance of past dances side by side is razor-sharp
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