Dance and radio unite in a one-night only performance at The Buell

Ira Glass of “This American Life” has joined forces with Monica Bill Barnes & Company for an evening dance and radio in

“Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host: Ira Glass, Monica Bill Barnes, Anna Bass” at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Buell Theatre. Tickets are on sale now at www.denvercenter.org.

“This American Life” host Ira Glass has been working with Monica Bill Barnes & Company to invent a show that combines two art forms that – as Glass puts it – “have no business being together — dance and radio.”  One is all words and no visuals.  One is all visuals and no words.  Sounds like a fun evening of dance and stories. It brought down the house in its first test run at Carnegie Hall.

In May 2012 they collaborated on three short dances that were part of a “This American Life” variety show that was beamed into movie theaters nationwide.  It was such a success that they decided to do a full show that combines stories and dance.  Some are performed together onstage by Glass, Barnes and dancer Anna Bass.  For a few, the dancers or the radio host take over for a while.

Glass is the creator and host of WBEZ Chicago’s public radio show “This American Life,” which is distributed by Public Radio International and heard on more than 500 public radio stations, including KCFR, 90.1 FM in Denver; its podcast most weeks is the most popular podcast in America.

Monica Bill Barnes & Company is a contemporary American dance company which has performed in more than 30 venues in New York City.

Single tickets for “Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host” start at $20. To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303-893-4100. TTY (for deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303-893-9582. Groups of 10 or more, please call 303-446-4829. Additionally, tickets may be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex lobby.