Performances: Nov 21-22 @8pm

A dance show turned into an after-work office party. Come for the free drink, stay for the hope of a life-changing experience. Monica Bill Barnes and company insert dance into unusual contexts, moving as fluidly on the world’s largest stages as in an art museum or at the fictional after-work party of “Happy Hour.” Dressed in a pair of everyday men’s suits, two women crash an after-work office party playing instantly familiar guys. It’s a subversive move, leading audiences to question expectations of women on stage with a free drink in their hands and microwave popcorn flying through the air. They dance through the feeling of not measuring up in a macho society—and then work even harder to mask their uncertainty. Each fist-pump, back slap, and gesticulation points to a lingering vulnerability, but the discomfort is cut by the duo’s goofy humor and the exaggerated absurdity of it all.