Event

Monica Bill Barnes and Company: Luster and Suddenly Summer Somewhere

Luster
Luster premiered at The American Dance Festival in July 2012. Featuring themes of endurance and triumph, this duet highlights autobiographical moments of the performers, who are entering their tenth year of dancing together.

Suddenly Summer Somewhere
Two small women stand on top of a dining room table. In silence, carefully navigating the table top, they send silverware crashing to the floor. Simultaneously hilarious and painful, Suddenly Summer Somewhere explores how the passage of time affects the collective lives of two people. Music is by Rodgers/Hammerstein, Cavanaugh/Morgan/Stock, Porter, Cahn/Van Heusen, Warren/Dubin, Rodgers/Hart, Sinatra/Aznavour

Both pieces were choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes and performed by Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass

"Suddenly Summer Somewhere barrels along once it hits the floor, a thing of manic, mugging grins; lumbering embraces; and big, juicy syncopated sprints through space that seems to have just opened out. Suddenly love has pushed through zany, witty pratfalls for the body and the soul." - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"Barnes (is) one of the wittiest young choreographers around." The Village Voice

"Barnes has made zippy and understated magic." The New Yorker

Click here for Monica Bill Barnes Company website: http://www.monicabillbarnes.com/