The acclaimed Museum Workout will be extended with new dates added in February and March. Part performance, part workout and tour, The Museum Workout has been called “reverential,” “unconventional,” and “thrilling” since its premiere on January 19. After the sold-out performances ending on February 12, there will be additional dates on Monday, Feb 27, through Sunday, March 5; and Tuesday, March 7, through Thursday, March 9. All performances begin at 8:30 a.m. at The Met Fifth Avenue.
A world premiere commissioned by MetLiveArts, The Museum Workout is the result of a collaboration between the innovative and groundbreaking dance company Monica Bill Barnes & Company, and writer/illustrator Maira Kalman. Through constant movement, an intimate group of participants experiences an awakening to their surroundings unlike any other Museum tour, in the morning hours before it opens to the public. Led by choreographer Monica Bill Barnes, her dance partner Anna Bass, and the Company's creative producing director, Robert Saenz de Viteri (all dressed in vintage formal wear and tennis shoes), Kalman selects the artwork visited along the tour, and the Workout soundtrack mixes her recorded voice with Disco and Motown hits.
Tickets start at $75.
Please note: There is very limited press availability.
For tickets and information, visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets or call 212-570-3949. Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open Monday–Saturday, 11 am–3:30 pm
Tickets include admission to the Museum on day of performance.
Prices are subject to change.
Bring the Kids for $1 tickets for children (ages 7–16) are available for all performances (unless specifically noted) when accompanied by an adult with a full-price ticket.
About MetLiveArts
The critically acclaimed performance series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art commissions and presents contemporary performance through the lens of the Museum’s exhibitions and gallery spaces. MetLiveArts invites artists, performers, curators, and thought-leaders to create groundbreaking new work, including live and digital performances, as well as site-specific durational performances that have been named some of the most “memorable” and “best of” performances in New York City by the New York Times, New Yorker, and Broadway World.
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The Museum Workout
This program is made possible by the Jerome Robbins Foundation and the One World Fund.
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February 3, 2017
Contact Meryl Cates
T 212 650 2684
meryl.cates@metmuseum.org
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