Mixed Media

Monica Bill Barnes & Company Productions and Ira Glass, host of the NPR radio show This American Life, have worked together to combine two unlikely art forms. Radio is all words and no visuals; dance is all visuals and no words. Their joint project, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host, is a funny, lively and heartfelt evening of dance and stories. The show features radio interviews repurposed as dance pieces, and stories from the lives of the three performers: Ira Glass, Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass. “Combining these art forms has led to a show that’s unlike anything I’ve ever choreographed before,” says Barnes in a press release. The show starts at 7:30 tonight at Connor Palace and tickets are $40 to $75. (Siegel)