Press
The Kitchen is represented by Blake Zidell & Associates.
For most press inquiries, please call (718) 643-9052
or email Blake (blake@blakezidell.com) or Yuri (yuri@blakezidell.com).
For general inquiries please contact Jess at (212) 255-5793 ext. 10 or jess@thekitchen.org.
For most press inquiries, please call (718) 643-9052
or email Blake (blake@blakezidell.com) or Yuri (yuri@blakezidell.com).
For general inquiries please contact Jess at (212) 255-5793 ext. 10 or jess@thekitchen.org.
Press Releases
- Simone Leigh: You Don’t Know Where Her Mouth Has Been
- The Varieties of Performance Experience: A panel discussion with authors Judith Rodenbeck and Shannon Jackson
- Jay Scheib: World of Wires
- Neal Medlyn: Wicked Clown Love
- Lauren Kelley: Froufrou Conclusions
- Dance and Process: Julie Alexander, Michelle Boulé, and Martin Lanz
- An Evening with Electronic Literature Organization
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Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion:
Live! The Realest MC - An Evening with n+1
- An Evening with Hal Foster: The Art-Architecture Complex and The First Pop Age
- Robert Ashley: That Morning Thing
- Jennie C. Jones: Absorb / Diffuse
- Joe Winter: The Stars Below
- Anna Sperber: FOREVERANDADAY
- Yvonne Rainer: Poems
- A.Bandit: Experiments from The [Space] Between featuring Glenn Kaino and Derek DelGaudio
- Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
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The Kitchen Block Party
A Free Neighborhood Street Fair - Pioneers of the Downtown Sound: Tony Conrad, Pauline Oliveros, Joan La Barbara, Laurie Spiegel, and Rhys Chatham
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The View from a Volcano:
The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85 - PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest
- Dean Moss and Sungmyung Chun: Nameless forest
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Out of Print
An Evening with Ugly Duckling Presse - Emily Roysdon: A Gay Bar Called Everywhere (With Costumes and No Practice)
- PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: New Orleans
- Shame the Devil
- Michael Paul Britto and Kenya (Robinson)
- MGM Grand: NUT
- Aluminum Music
- 21c Liederabend op. 2
- Steven Reker: People Get Ready
- My Barbarian: Broke People’s Baroque Peoples’ Theater
- Vicky Shick: Not Entirely Herself
- Cauleen Smith: REMOTE VIEWING
- An Evening with Cinema 16
- Annie Gosfield: Daughters of the Industrial Revolution
- Briggan Krauss with Raha Raissnia: Cosmography
- Brent Green: Gravity was Everywhere Back Then
- Ellie Ga: The Fortunetellers
- Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church
- An Evening with Esopus
- An Evening with CoonBidness
- Shim Sham
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Devotion: Sarah Michelson
For New York City Players - Adam Pendleton: BAND
- Dance and Process: Oren Barnoy, Megan Byrne, and Antonio Ramos
- Toni Dove: Spectropia
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Tamar-kali: Pseudoacoustic
Valerie June: Organic Moonshine Roots Music - An Evening with FENCE BOOKS
- An Evening with Sam Amidon
- n+1 symposium on Roland Barthes: Reflections on the public, private intellectual
- Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
- Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps
- Sean Raspet: As If Written In
- Ralph Lemon: Meditation
- Rhys Chatham and Angie Eng: Echodes
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Sam Green and Dave Cerf: Utopia in Four Movements
Live music by The Quavers
special guest Brendan Canty (Fugazi) - Shim Sham
- Christian Rizzo: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau
- Yasmeen Godder: Singular Sensation
- Pamela Z: Baggage Allowance
- The Absolutely Other
- That Reminds Me: An Evening with A Public Space
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Donna Uchizono: longing two
A work performed in two parts - Shim Sham
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Derrick Adams: Go Stand Next To The Mountain
Narcissister: This Masquerade - Leslie Hewitt: On Beauty, Objects, and Dissonance
- Mary Halvorson / Kevin Shea
- Talk Show: An Evening with Ugly Duckling Presse
- luciana achugar: PURO DESEO
- Pablo Helguera: The Juvenal Players
- Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett: Whispering Pines 10
- Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
- Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky
- Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly
- David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group: Big Eater
- An Evening with Chimurenga
- Alex Escalante: The 25th Frame
- An Evening with Cabinet: The Art of Hypochondria
- An Evening with Esopus
- Jon Kinzel: Responsible Ballet And What We Need is a Bench to Put Books On
- Shim Sham
- Hahn Rowe
- Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet
- Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture
Press Coverage
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"Expect to be in floods of teary laughter midway through."
–The New York Times on Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet -
Critics' Picks
–Artforum on Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture -
"A hilarious deconstructed take on an enduring classic."
–Time Out New York on Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet -
"Out of a circle of friends, Doveman steps gingerly into the spotlight."
–New York Magazine on Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly -
"The choreographer explores duets."
–Time Out New York on Jon Kinzel: Responsible Ballet And What We Need is a Bench to Put Books On -
"If you're in NYC next time it's on, don't miss it!"
–The Dance Insider on Shim Sham -
"The Kitchen's 'Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture' staked out important ground."
–Artforum on Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture -
"Site-specific abstractions of criss-crossing light and shadow"
–Art in America on Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky -
"Escalante looks at the theater of politics."
–Time Out New York on Alex Escalante: The 25th Frame -
"A dark, and darkly funny, meditation on the human condition in 21st-century America."
–New York Times on David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group: Big Eater -
Interview with the Man Behind Doveman, Thomas Bartlett
–Classical TV on Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly -
"The next best hope to update the minimalist generation sound."
–The New York Observer on Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly -
Spring Guide: Theater
–The Village Voice on Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities -
Luciana Achugar brings Puro Deseo to The Kitchen
–The Village Voice on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO -
Sage of the Apocalypse
–New York Magazine on Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities -
"Scheib...has his own immutable laws to ground us: his customarily elegant use of live video, a grimy aesthetic indebted to Cassavetes, and a sprung-rhythm acting style"
–Time Out New York on Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities -
The Object Whisperer: Shana Moulton's Whispering Pines
–Rhizome on Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett: Whispering Pines 10 -
Reality and Performance Collide at The Kitchen
–Encore Magazine on Pablo Helguera: The Juvenal Players -
Incantation of the Human Body
–Encore Magazine on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO -
"The work, her most sophisticated to date"
–The New York Times on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO -
"a focused ritualistic exploration of haunting and the haunted"
–Culturebot on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO -
Innovative Sounds
–Encore Magazine on Mary Halvorson / Kevin Shea -
Halvorson's House: A BK Upstart Grinds Her Ax
–The Village Voice on Mary Halvorson / Kevin Shea -
Go Stand Next to the Mountain: Brief talk with Derrick Adams’ upcoming performance
–Encore Magazine on Derrick Adams: Go Stand Next To The Mountain
Narcissister: This Masquerade -
IMPRESSIONS OF: Donna Uchizono - longing two
–The Dance Enthusiast on Donna Uchizono: longing two
A work performed in two parts -
Mirror Mirror Steps Up: A Night at the Robert Melee Talent Show
–Opening Ceremony on Robert Melee’s Talent Show -
"Band" film installation replaces Rolling Stones with Deerhoof In a refashioning of Godard's "Sympathy for the Devil."
–IFC News on Adam Pendleton: BAND -
Justin Bond Will Hold You Responsible
–Culturebot on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix) -
Catching Up With Justin Bond
–Out on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix) -
Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
–The Huffington Post on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix) -
Approval Matrix
–New York Magazine on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix) -
Sam Amidon, Slightly Cracked Folk-Singer Extraordinaire, Is Playing The Kitchen
–The Village Voice Blogs on An Evening with Sam Amidon -
On the Heels of His Recently Released Album, Sam Amidon Plays The Kitchen
–The Wall Street Journal on An Evening with Sam Amidon -
In Toni Dove's 'Spectropia,' the Artist Hits Her Own Mark
–The Wall Street Journal on Toni Dove: Spectropia -
Matters of Faith, Prayer and Physical Exertion
–The New York Times on Devotion: Sarah Michelson
For New York City Players -
Sarah Michelson Teams Up with Richard Maxwell for Devotion
–The Village Voice on Devotion: Sarah Michelson
For New York City Players -
"In his exceptional and ongoing five-part 'Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church,' Trajal Harrell continues his rigorous exploration of two forms: postmodern dance and voguing."
–Time Out New York on Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church -
A Party So Nice They're Throwing It Twice
–The Wall Street Journal on Aluminum Music -
The Kitchen stages a revival of a cutting-edge downtown festival.
–Time Out New York on Aluminum Music -
How to Build a Forest with Pearl D'Amour and Shawn Hall
–The Brooklyn Rail on PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest -
A Forest for the Trees
–The Wall Street Journal on PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest -
Cooking in the Kitchen, 1971-1985
–NY Times Style Magazine Blog on The View from a Volcano:
The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85 -
Deb Singer and Eric Bogosian discuss the 40th anniversary of The Kitchen, and the exhibition “View from a Volcano: The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85.”
–The Leonard Lopate Show on The View from a Volcano:
The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85 -
The View from a Volcano: The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85
–The New Yorker on The View from a Volcano:
The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85 -
New Ways to Dance, Found in the Eyes of Others
–The New York Times on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT -
"TOOL IS LOOT...is utterly original, deeply comic and deviously beautiful."
–The New York Times on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT -
"...it's a bit of heaven."
–Dance Magazine on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT -
"TOOL IS LOOT was a wonderful, thoughtful and engaging performance..."
–Culturebot on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT -
Faustin Linyekula: The Congolese artist embraces the future
–Time Out New York on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future -
Dreaming Out of Desperation: Q & A With Congolese Choreographer Faustin Linyekula
–Walker Art Center on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future -
"...it’s exhilarating watching these two superb artists approach dancing..."
–DanceBeat on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT -
"Not only is Faustin Linyekula’s more more more…future great fun, it packs a potent message."
–WNET on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future -
Messages From Prison to an Irresistible Beat
–The New York Times on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future -
Continuing to Play With the Tension Between Formality and Wildness
–The New York Times on Anna Sperber: FOREVERANDADAY -
A visionary opera composer inspires a new generation of followers.
–Time Out New York on Robert Ashley: That Morning Thing -
A Fresh Stamp on a Veteran Composer’s Work
–The New York Times on Robert Ashley: That Morning Thing -
Personas in Motion
–CityArts on Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion:
Live! The Realest MC -
"Experimental dazzler Jay Scheib unveils the final installment of his multimedia performance trilogy"
–Time Out New York (20 Shows to see this winter) on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
"His brand of theater always seems to be ahead of everybody else."
–PAPERMAG on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
"If you liked the ideas in 'The Matrix', check this drama out."
–Metromix New York on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
An Interview With Jay Scheib
–Culturebot on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
Alex Zafiris interviews Jay Scheib
–BOMB Magazine's BOMBLOG on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
Scott Macaulay interviews Jay Scheib
–Filmmaker Magazine on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
"Visually dazzling and conceptually rich"
–Time Out New York (January 11, 2012 review) on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
Insta-Theater Reviews By AndrewAndrew
–PAPERMAG on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
"Mr. Scheib pulls off several startling trompe-l’oeil effects"
–The New York Times on Jay Scheib: World of Wires -
Simone Leigh and the Fruits of Her Labor
–Art21 Blog on Simone Leigh: You Don’t Know Where Her Mouth Has Been -
“Theatrical provocateur Neal Medlyn...”
–Bust Magazine on Neal Medlyn: Wicked Clown Love -
"[A] provocatively titled, spectacular exhibition"
–Artnet on Simone Leigh: You Don’t Know Where Her Mouth Has Been