LUNCH DANCES
It's your lunch hour. Step away from your desk and into the working world of the library. The collaborative team of Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri have taken their motto of "bringing dance where it doesn't belong" to heart and created a show in the least likely of places, the New York Public Library. Audiences wear headphones for the hour-long performance, tuning them into the personal stories and meaningful movements that may dwell in any corner of the collections. Wear good shoes, it's time to go for a walk, then back to work.
LUNCH DANCES
New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 476 5th Ave
May 5 -17, 2025
Monday through Saturday
11:30am and 1:30pm
Created by Monica Bill Barnes & Robbie Saenz de Viteri
Written by Robbie Saenz de Viteri
Choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes
Performed by John Bennett, Andy Chapman, DeWitt Fleming Jr., Flannery Gregg, Rachel Harris, Chelsea Enjer Hecht, Birgit Huppuch, Kim Ima, Madison Johnson, Indah Mariana, Luis Moreno, Mykel Marai Nairne, Hsiao-Jou Tang,
Monica Bill Barnes, and Robbie Saenz de Viteri
Associate Producer Elizabeth Furman
Costume & Prop Design Amanda Gladu
Sound Supervisor Jørgen Noodt Skjærvold
Rehearsal Director Flannery Gregg
Stage Managers Sophie Capp, Maddy Sher, Anna Stribrny
Wardrobe Supervisor Maddie Maiorini
Music
MOZART PIANO SONATA No 16 in C Major played by Daniel Barenboim K. 545 I Allegro
MOZART PIANO SONATA No 16 in C Major played by Daniel Barenboim K. 545 II Andante
Only You by Yaz
Poulenc Music for Solo Piano played by Pascal Rogé Humoresque
Poulenc Trois Mouvements Perpétuels No 3 Alerte played by Pascal Rogé Humoresque
Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
Bach Well Tempered Clavier played by Glenn Gould Prelude & Fugue No 3 in C-Sharp Major
Bach Well Tempered Clavier played by Glenn Gould Prelude & Fugue No 1 in C Major
If I Can't Have You by the Bee Gees sung by Yvonne Elliman
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op 23 No 4 in D Major, Andante cantabile
Dreamin’ by The Cascades
Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekala
I'm Left Alone by Mal Waldron
Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
People by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill sung by John Bennett and arranged by John Bennett and Brett Parnell
Special Thanks
LIVE from NYPL is made possible by the continuing generosity of Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos, the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund, and the support of Library patrons and friends.
Additional support for Lunch Dances is provided by Morwin Schmookler.
Monica Bill Barnes & Company gratefully acknowledges the following funders and contributors: New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, SHS Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation, and Barbara Rohdie.