LUNCH DANCES
After a sold out run, Lunch Dances, a NYTimes 2025 Critic’s Pick, is back!
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.
“The experiential art the company produces creates an intimacy that has the potential to pulverize your insides.” - NYTimes
LUNCH DANCES
Presented by LIVE from NYPL
Running for 4 weeks only!
March 16 - 28 & April 13-25 11:30am and 1:30pm daily
(no shows on Sundays)
New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 5th Ave, New York NY 10018
Admission is free!
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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.
The New York Public Library and the Monica Bill Barnes & Company are grateful to dance educator and advocate Jody Gottfried Arnhold for her visionary commitment to making dance and dance education accessible to all. The remount of the widely celebrated Lunch Dances would not be possible without the generous support of Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation.
Additional support is provided by Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman and Morwin Schmookler.