ADF Presents: Monica Bill Barnes & Company w/ Post Performance Discussion

Date: Wed, Jul 8, 2026

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Venue: von der Heyden Studio Theater at Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham

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Category: Music

Program: Many Happy ReturnsRunning time: 60 minutes, no intermissionTickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office.A New York Times critic’s pick, Many Happy Returns is a dance version of a memory play. With movement and language, Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri create a shared character, a woman in the middle of her life who moves with total clarity but can’t stop revealing the doubt she’s desperate to dance over. “An experiment in the art of camaraderie and connection, of strangers finding community in a broken world” (The New York Times). Many Happy Returns is a hilarious, heartwarming look back at who we thought we were and a communal search for solace in who we’ve become.Tuesday, July 7 at 7:30 pmWednesday, July 8 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance DiscussionThursday, July 9 at 7:30 pmFriday, July 10 at 7:30 pm Photo Credit: Paula LoboAmerican Dance Festival, ADF