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  MONKEYHOUSE

NACHMO 2025 Live Performance Text 

Table of Contents

New York Luau by Exceptional Dance Company
Liberdade (substantivo feminino)​​ by Carmen S. Rizzo
At Twilight​ by Jackie O'Riley & Rebecca McGowan 
Shift by Circe Rowan
day job / day dream​ by Carly Lucas
​Anomalocaris​ by Lucy Bertolet
Rage/Release​ by Alive Dance Collective
Colors of Us by Laporsha Dees
Batten by Sophie Nash
Mokshya​ by Priya Bangal
Still # 31425 by Monkeyhouse/karen Krolak 
who you came in with​ by Leaps & Bounds Dance Company
 
New York Luau
Exceptional Dance Company
Choreography by Lindsay Gibbons
Look, I just came here to let it go
I stay high like stiletto yo!
Catch no smoke at the red ropes
Press replay that's the echo
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
That Lucy in the sky with the Dior shoes out
Sipping on the rice 'till it's blue out
Feel my heat when the beats on
All feet collide on the D floor
Let's get caught in the middle yo
Let's take lots, not a little yo
Cherry lip balms and a dope Prince song
Hold my drink on the video
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
That New York luau
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
Check, I just came here to see the show (Show)
I ride high escalator yo (Yo)
I smell smoke see you later yo (No)
Press replay that's the echo
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
That see me in the garden with the new bag pulled out
Sipping margaritas with the crew now
Feel my heat when the beats on (Yes)
All feet collide on the D floor (Yes)
Let's get caught in the middle (Yo)
Let's take lots, not a little yo (Blah)
Cherry lip balms and a dope Prince song
Hold my drink on the video
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
That New York luau
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
That bass trip
That bass trip
That bass trip
That, that, that, that
That bass trip New York luau
That New York luau
This that turn up cool out
That bass trip New York luau
 
Liberdade (substantivo feminino)​
Choreographed & Performed by Carmen S. Rizzo
​Music: The Bandettes in 2001 DCI & "Les Cyclopes" by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Are the judges ready...?
Are the judges ready...?
Are the judges ready...?
 
At Twilight​
Jackie O'Riley & Rebecca McGowan
Music: Love's Old Sweet Song, sung by Liz Hanley; Music by J.L. Molloy; words by G. Clifton Bingham
Once in the dear dead days beyond recall,
When on the world the mists began to fall,
Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng
Low to our hearts Love sang an old sweet song;
And in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam,
Softly it wove itself into our dream.

Just a song a twilight, when the lights are low,
And the flick'ring shadows softly come and go,
Tho' the heart be weary, sad the day and long,
Still to us at twilight comes Love's old song,
comes Love's old sweet song.

Even today we hear Love's song of yore,
Deep in our hearts it dwells forevermore.
Footsteps may falter, weary grow the way,
Still we can hear it at the close of day.
So till the end, when life's dim shadows fall,
Love will be found the sweetest song of all.

Just a song a twilight, when the lights are low,
And the flick'ring shadows softly come and go,
Tho' the heart be weary, sad the day and long,
Still to us at twilight comes Love's old song,
comes Love's old sweet song.
 
Shift​​
Choreographed & Performed by Circe Rowan
​Music: Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

Unknown
 
day job / day dream​
Choreographed & Performed by Carly Lucas
​Original audio recording/edit by Carly Lucas, "Hold on Tight" by Electric Light Orchestra
Mmm, hold on tight to your dream, yeah
Hold on tight to your dream, yeah
When you see your ship go sailing
When you feel your heart is breaking
Hold on tight to your dream

It's a long time to be gone (hold on, hold on)
Oh, time just rolls on and on (hold on, hold on)
When you need a shoulder to cry on
When you get so sick of trying
Just hold on tight to your dream

When you get so down that you can't get up
And you want so much, but you're all out of luck
When you're so downhearted and misunderstood
Just over and over and over you go

Yeah, hold on tight to your dream, yeah
Hold on tight to your dream, yeah
When you see the shadows falling
When you hear that cold wind calling
Hold on tight to your dream
Ooh, yeah, hold on tight to your dream
Yeah, yeah, hold on tight
To your dream!
 
Anomalocaris​​
Choreography by Lucy Bertolet
​Music: Blue Hum by IglooGhost
[Intro]
(Exo)

[Chorus]
Flux
Pulse
Phase
Flux
Pulse
Phase
(Blue hum, blue hum, blue hum)
Pulse

[Verse]
Blue light piercing through cracks in the echinoid
A blight beneath tectonic plates
An abscess crushed by the ocean's weight
A new clade in the kerosene and the tungsten

[Outro]
E-e-e-e-e-exo portal
 
Rage/Release​
Alive Dance Collective​
Choreographed & Performed by Lila Ruth Klaus
​Music: The Feet Are the Link by Cosmo Sheldrake and Howl
The feet are the link
Between earth and the body
Begin there
Begin there
The lungs are the link
Between body and air
Between body and air
The hands
These uprooted feet
Are the means
Of our shaping and grasping
Clasp them
The eyes are the hands of the head
Its feet are the ears
Its feet are the ears
 
Colors of Us​
Choreography by Laporsha Dees
​Music: Leave me by Deja
Ooooh
Da da da da da da da
Ooooh
Kiloṣe Ẹ?
Go shift your shit
Why'd I?
Ma lo be ye
Think I need you but I don't
I don't need that energy
Leave me
Go on and leave me
There's only one thing
That I'm feeling now
You don't
Even know me
So just leave me
Go on and leave me
Kiloṣe Ẹ?
Go shift your shit
Why'd I?
Ma lo be ye
Think I need you but I don't
I don't need that energy
Kiloṣe Ẹ?
Go shift your shit
Get off me
When I say
I don't need
I don't need
What I want?
Keep that same
Gimme that
Energy
Only only
Only only
Get off me
When I say
I don't need

I don't need
What I want?
Keep that same
Gimme that
Energy
(Leave)
Lеave me
Go on leavе me
There's only one thing
That I'm feeling now
You don't
Even know me
So just leave me
Go on and leave me
Kiloṣe Ẹ?
Go shift your shit
Why'd I?
Ma lo be ye
Think I need you but I don't
I don't need that energy
Kiloṣe Ẹ?
Go shift your shit
Why'd I?
Ma lo be ye
Think I need you but I don't
I don't need that energy
Kiloṣe Ẹ?
Go shift your shit​
 
Batten​
Choreographed & Performed by Sophie Nash
​Music: Battle Hymn of The Republic performed by Judy Garland
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on
He has sounded for the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat
Oh, be swift, my soul to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet
Our God is marching on
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me
As He died to make men holy let us die to make men free
While God is marching on
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on
 
Mokshya​
Choreography by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
Performed by Priya Bangal
​Music: Bhubaneshwar Mishra
Language: Sanskrit
Transliteration below:
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Niraamayaah |
Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:
1: May All be Happy,
2: May All be Free from Illness.
3: May All See what is Auspicious,
4: May no one Suffer.
5: Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
 
Still # 31425​​
Monkeyhouse
Choreography by karen Krolak 
[woman’s voice]

Ladies and gentlemen please rise to the best of your ability.

Really please stand if you can.

Yes.

You and you

And you and you and you and you and you and you

[man’s voice singing with a slight twang]
Rse to the best of your ability.

Come on now rise up with me
Yes, you and you

And you and you and you and you and you

It is my reverending pleasure to introduce you to  karen Krooooooooooooolak 

[reaching an emphatic screamsong crescendo] and her chariot, Iq

[rhythmic honky tonk with fingers snapping]

[cross fade in of recorded voice saying] This is a test. This station is conducting a test of the emergency broadcasting system. This is only a test.

[loud high pitched noise drowns out the music]
[silence]
[a new AI man’s voice]
We regret to inform you that the quote unquote duet that was scheduled for this performance was flagged and is in the process of being erased. Our algorithms determined that the creator is not a man and she  is old enough to have had a daughter who could potentially be in her prime as a dancer if said creator had been selfless enough to get pregnant once she had finally found a husband who would marry her in spite of her refusal to take his name. Furthermore, the creator is not a true believer, She has registered in your state as a clergy member simply because she paid to be a reverend and a Jedi Knight. And this creator probably couldn’t stand with you right now because her health  is not reliable and she could have an unpredictable problem which would make upstanding audience members like you feel uncomfortable. Would you believe that she wanted to perform on this very stage with a foreign made mobility device that is not covered by American insurers in a blatant attempt to indoctrinate young minds and perhaps even your mind with ideologies that can no longer be named by employees of the federal government.

However since you are standing, we invite you to enjoy this hymn for the future that we have created instead. 

[another man’s voice sings over ominous minor chords]

We regret to inform you that the quote unquote duet that was scheduled for this performance was flagged and is in the process of being erased. Our algorithms determined that the creator is not a man and she  is old enough to have had a daughter who could potentially be in her prime as a dancer if said creator had been selfless enough to get pregnant once she had finally found a husband who would marry her in spite of her refusal to take his name. Furthermore, the creator is not a true believer, 

She has registered in your state as a clergy member simply because she paid to be a reverend and a Jedi Knight. And this creator probably couldn’t stand with you right now because her health is not reliable and she could have an unpredictable problem which would make upstanding audience members like you feel uncomfortable. Would you believe that she wanted to perform on this very stage 

with a foreign made mobility device 

[the lyrics become more rhythmically awkward] that is not covered by American insurers in a blatant attempt to indoctrinate young minds and perhaps even your mind with ideologies that can no longer be named by employees of the federal government.

[descending scale on the synthesizer]
[aggressive driving drums join]
However since you are standing, we invite you to enjoy this hymn for the future that we have created instead. 
[AI mens voices “laughing”]

[AI man’s voice]
Is anyone left rising up or did they all back down.




​
 
who you came in with​​
Leaps and Bounds Movement Company
Choreography by Rianna Lindsey 
Performed by Nikki Blades, Olivia Fasino, Rianna Lindsey
​Music: “It’s Called: Freefall” by Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Called to the Devil and the Devil did come
I said to the Devil, "Devil, do you like drums?
Do you like cigarettes, dominoes, rum?"
He said, "Only sundown, Sundays, Christmas"
Some days end when I need a few friends
Now and again, I could never hope to keep them
Thought to give friends what I thought that they wanted
Never had they needed a good friend as I've been
Don't get me venting on friends who resent you
'Cause all you've ever done is been a noose to hang on to
They thought was a necklace, and reckless, they fell into hell
Where you both hang with nothing to do but
Scratch, kick, let gravity win like
Fuck this, let gravity win like
You could leave it all behind
Even the Devil need time alone sometimes
You could let it all go
You could let it all go
It's called free fall
It's called free fall
Called to the Devil and the Devil said
"Quit, can't be bothered, better handle your shit
Keep about your wits, man, keep about your wits
Know yourself and who you came in with
Can I sit down, I've been hustling all day
I can't even count how many souls I've made
Off the same deal you're on
Remember, the Devil ain't a friend to no one"
But fine, true
Well, you could let it all go
You could let it all go
It's called free fall
It's called free fall
Called to the Devil and the Devil said
"Hey, why you been calling this late?
It's like 2 a.m. and the bars all close at ten in hell, it's a rule I made
Anyway, you say you're too busy saving everybody else to save yourself
And you don't want no help, oh well"
That's the story to tell
Like you could let it all go
You could let it all go
It's called free fall
It's called free fall
You could let it all go
You could let it all go
'Cause ain't shit free but falling out
And that shit's easy, lemme show you how it's like
Ain't shit free but falling out
And that shit's easy, lemme show you how it's like
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