The Company: Monica Bill Barnes & Company is a contemporary American dance company under the artistic direction of choreographer Monica Bill Barnes. The company is committed to creating dance that realizes her vision and bringing it to the public through annual performances in New York, touring, artistic residencies and various teaching opportunities. Its mission is to celebrate individuality, humor and the innate theatricality of everyday life.

Originally built upon a repertoire of solos and duets, MBB & CO. has since grown to include evening-length works and large-scale site-specific performances. Danspace Project has commissioned and presented three works; When we were pretty (2002), The Happy Dance (or what started out ok) (2004) and Suddenly Summer Somewhere (2007). Other commissions include Another Parade (2009) commissioned and presented by the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival, Game Face (2008) presented by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's SITELINES Festival, Thank You and Good Night (2006) co-presented by Dance New Amsterdam and Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Limelight (2005) co-presented by San Diego Dance Theater's Trolley Dances and From my mother's Tongue (2001) presented by Dancing in the Streets at Wave Hill. Through the past ten year, the company has performance in over twenty venues in New York City and has been presented in 30 cities throughout the United States and abroad. In addition, the company creates work outside of the city through extended artistic residencies (The Yard, Dancenow/NYC Silo Project, Joyce Soho Artist Residency, Jacob's Pillow and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography), college guest artist residencies and performance projects with local community members. Through various site-specific projects and intergenerational large group works, Barnes has brought over hundred people to the stage.

Recent funding includes three consecutive grants from the Greenwall Foundation, four grants from Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, two grants from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Manhattan Community Arts Fund administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Puffin Foundation. Major support has come in the form of creative residencies awarded by the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University (2006-2007 Choreographic Fellowship), a residency provided by The Joyce Theater Foundation (2005-2004), Sushi Performance and Visual Art (2005), Dancenow/NYC Silo Residency (2008, 2004), Acadia Summer Arts Program (2003-2007) and The Yard (2002).