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Monkey Off My Back or The Cat's Meow

Opening Date: Sep 09, 2025

Closing Date: Sep 20, 2025

Running Time: 02:00

Monkey Off My Back or The Cat's Meow
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Playing @

Park Avenue Armory

643 Park Avenue New York, NY 10065

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Acclaimed choreographer, dancer and Guggenheim fellow Trajal Harrell has made a name for himself as one of the most important creators working today by generating captivating hybrid works rooted in art and dance history that reimagine our pasts and create spaces for different eras and philosophies to converge. By deftly interfacing the glorious pageantry and elaborate flourishes of the New York voguing scene and the guttural passion of the Japanese dance form butoh with modern and post-modern dance vocabulary, he has created a signature style that is both transcultural and futuristic with wide-ranging references and humor. The internationally admired and respected artist comes to the Park Avenue Armory for the North American premiere of his latest creation that lies at the intersection of dance, theater, history, fashion and music.

This parade of expressiveness is as an homage to art as a free space for play and imagination, featuring a large cast of dancers and actors wearing more than 60 virtuosic looks designed by Harrell. Centered on a stunning Mondrian-like colored grid spanning the length of the performance area, this dancing runway show is turned on its head with iconography that juxtaposes everyday gestures and extravagant poses with historical references, pop culture and political rhetoric. And while drawing on the Declaration of Independence as a foundation for the US and its urgent call for freedom, this vivid mosaic of a double-edged paradigm also explores the resulting inequalities to the forebearers of the land affected by those actions while celebrating the unifying power of community.
Show Notes

Show Notes: No intermission

Performance Schedule:

TUESDAY-THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Director

Trajal Harrell

Choreography

Trajal Harrell

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Full-price tickets

$40 - $105

Accessibility:

Directions Bus

Take Lexington Avenue M101, 102, or 103 (Limited or Local) to 68th Street

Directions Subway

* Take the #6 subway to 68th Street/Hunter College, walk one block west and one block south * Take the F train to 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue, walk three blocks north and one block west

Elevator\Escalator

The Park Avenue entrance of the Armory with its interior and exterior stairs pose obstacles to access that the Conservancy intends to resolve in the upcoming renovation. In the meantime, we are committed to improving access for visitors who have trouble climbing stairs.

Entrance

The Park Avenue entrance of the Armory with its interior and exterior stairs pose obstacles to access that the Conservancy intends to resolve in the upcoming renovation. In the meantime, we are committed to improving access for visitors who have trouble climbing stairs.

Parking

67th Street between 3rd and Lex: Westminster Garage 166 East 67th Street 67th St and Second Avenue Garage 254 East 67th Street 69 East LLC – Kingdom Parking 200 East 69th Street Central Parking System 250 East 67th Street (Saturday Evenings) 200 East 65th Street Kinney System, Inc. 222 East 65th Street

Telephone

On the north side of that doorway, we have installed an easily reachable intercom that rings the 24/7 Conservancy security staff who will respond immediately and assist all visitors to their event. Arrangements can also be made prior to your arrival by calling the main security desk at (212) 616-3950, extension 1.

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Public Transportation

Subway Icon

By Subway:

* Take the #6 subway to 68th Street/Hunter College, walk one block west and one block south * Take the F train to 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue, walk three blocks north and one block west

Bus Icon

By Bus:

Take Lexington Avenue M101, 102, or 103 (Limited or Local) to 68th Street