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I enjoy going to The Kitchen so very much! The space, the audience, the location, the artists - all of it works so well. Shows like "Responsible Ballet and What We Need Is a Bench to Put Books On" by Jon Kinzel are the very reason why The Kitchen is a necessary part of the contemporary art scene in NYC. With a star-studded downtown cast, this quiet, subtle, and mesmerizing presentation featured a series of extremely unique movement patterns. The choreography flowed endlessly into shapes, directions, and phrases not only intricate, but also vague in nature and unfocused in meaning; As Claudia La Rocco's recent review in the NYTimes says, a "meditation." Accurately put. I have yet to decide if mediating was enough for me. I will say that the utterly mesmerizing, delicate, and developed vocabulary with which Kinzel presents is fantastic. I just wonder if maybe a bit more context would highlight the brilliant movement even more. Or maybe this is just what is 'supposed' to be the point; breathe, watch, connect, and get lost in what the movement speaks, creates, and shares.
GO to The Kitchen and get your thought on!
Image: Jon Kinzel by Paula Court