Exhibitions - American Academy of Arts and Letters

2024

Jonathan GonzálezSpectral DancesOctober 5 – 27, 2024

2023

Aki SasamotoSquirrel WaysMarch 18 – June 7, 2023

In Residence: The Kitchen’s Dance and ProcessFebruary 10 – June 4, 2023

A barefoot woman in a dress takes a sledgehammer to a wall, her body casting a large shadow, as a colorful piñata sits suspended by string in the air above her

Performance view, Martita Abril in IV Cuadras by Martita Abril as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

This spring Arts and Letters is partnering with multidisciplinary arts institution The Kitchen to host Dance and Process, The Kitchen’s longest-running program. Dance and Process invites choreographers to develop new work through a 10-week process of sharing feedback with established choreographers serving as mentors and curators. Past curators include Neil Greenberg, Steve Gross, Miguel Gutierrez, Sarah Michelson, Dean Moss, and Yasuko Yokoshi. Dance and Process is currently co-curated by Yve Laris Cohen and Moriah Evans. The choreographers-in-residence are Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo.

Dance and Process at Arts and Letters gives choreographers a rare opportunity to develop works inside its gallery spaces, repurposing them as studios for a four-month residency and as a site for final performances in early June. The partnership responds to The Kitchen’s need for space while its Chelsea location undergoes renovation and furthers Arts and Letters’s commitment to supporting young artists.

Performances

Saturday, June 3, 6pm
Sunday, June 4, 6pm

In a dimly lit room, a woman serves drinks to a crowd from behind a table

Outdoors at night, a band of three musical performers serenade an audience from the entryway steps of a building. To the right and left, band members perform on the guitar, and in the middle, a performer is on the microphone and accordion

A young man in loose, lengthy clothing stands erect as he enters a space flanked by an audience of spectators on either side

Inside a library occupied by audience members, a young man in loose clothing lies barefoot on a wooden table, his head propped upon a book. Above his head sits a tall, neat stack of books

A performer with arms raised in the air is illuminated by a chandelier overhead, while a mostly seated audience looks on

In a small hall, a group of four performers gaze at each other solemnly as onlookers stand nearby

A semi-nude performer vocalizes into a megaphone followed by a cellist dressed in black outdoors on a terrace surrounded by audience members

A blurred image of a semi-nude performer standing motionless in the center of a room surrounded by a seated audience

Performance view, Martita Abril in IV Cuadras by Martita Abril as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

Performance view, Directos de la Sierra in IV Cuadras by Martita Abril as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

Wayne Arthur in sen’cer or solo hay monte y culebra or Skyrise for Harlem or surround by Jonathan González as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo. Performance view, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen.

Performance view, Rena Anakwe in sen’cer or solo hay monte y culebra or Skyrise for Harlem or surround by Jonathan González as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

Performance view, Rena Anakwe, CHAZZGIOVANNI, Jonathan González, and Wayne Arthur in sen’cer or solo hay monte y culebra or Skyrise for Harlem or surround by Jonathan González as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

Performance view, Anh Vo and Ethan Philbrick in Two Little Kids by Anh Vo as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

Performance view, Anh Vo in Two Little Kids by Anh Vo as part of Dance and Process: Martita Abril, Jonathan González, and Anh Vo, American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 3, 2023. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of The Kitchen

Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Raven ChaconAviarySeptember 26, 2024 – July 3, 2025

Wadada Leo SmithKosmic MusicSeptember 26, 2024 – July 3, 2025

Christine KozlovSeptember 26, 2024 – February 9, 2025

2024

Jonathan GonzálezSpectral DancesOctober 5 – 27, 2024

2023

Aki SasamotoSquirrel WaysMarch 18 – June 7, 2023

In Residence: The Kitchen’s Dance and ProcessFebruary 10 – June 4, 2023

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