MUSEUM WORKOUT
A completely reimagined the museum tour, creating a physical way for audiences to relate to the finest art in the world. Participants join the company in the early morning, before public hours, traveling through the museum, performing choreographed exercises in the galleries. Created in collaboration with artist and author Maira Kalman, The Museum Workout offers a new way to spend time in museums. Robbie Saenz de Viteri interviewed Kalman and mixes her recorded voice with a soundtrack ranging from Disco to Motown. The Museum Workout disrupts the normally contained museum environment, invigorating participants by creating a physical relationship to the art of the ages.
SPECIAL THANKS
CREDITS
The Museum Workout is made possible with support from Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation.
The Museum Workout was originally created for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and ran for over 80 performances in 2017. Since then it has toured to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Early versions of the project were developed at Princeton University's Art Museum and NYU's Villa Pietra in Florence, Italy.
Created by Monica Bill Barnes, Anna Bass, Robbie Saenz de Viteri, Maira Kalman
Choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes
Text and Curation by Maria Kalman
Costume Design by Kelly Hanson
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