East, London
Group Exhibition
Dance and Process
Soft OpeningAyano Elson Niala Stacy Lynn Smith The Kitchen presents Dance and Process, its longest-running program, which stages an interrogation of methods of choreographic and dance practice. Artists challenge default structures in their work and the field at large. Beginning in July, a cohort made up of artists Ayano Elson, Niala, and Stacy Lynn Smith engages in a weekly process of sharing material in development and receiving structured feedback facilitated by mayfield brooks and Niall Jones, culminating in public performances of new works in September. The Kitchen's programs are made possible in part with support from The Kitchen's Board of Directors, The Kitchen Global Council, Leadership Fund, and the Director's Council, as well as through generous support from The Amphion Foundation, Inc., Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and in part by public funds from the Manhattan Borough President, the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The Kitchen acknowledges the generous support provided by the Collaborative Arts Network New York (CANNY). As a coalition of small to mid-sized multidisciplinary arts organizations, CANNY is committed to strengthening the infrastructure of arts nonprofits throughout New York.