Kitchen Dance Collaborative

05/24/2026

Though this account is for Kitchen Dance Collaborative- a huge part of what we do is community work and education. This is an appreciation post for the students at and teaching artist and for an amazing day last weekend in our second annual participation in the dance parade!

05/04/2026

A moment for the rebirth of our company with an old piece that inspired it all, Kitchen (2016) thanks for having us Dance Educators Collaborative Concert! We are so grateful to our families and friends (and students) who supported us

04/30/2026

Oldie but goodie pic from from the JLA days with before our last big show in 2019. Kitchen Dance Collaborative is back on Saturday, May 2nd at 7pm dancing our 2016 piece “Kitchen” at the Ailey Theater! Join us! Live stream link to be posted to watch from home!

04/22/2026

Mini Company Relaunch! Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! This is The Kitchen Dance Collaborative (the dance company formerly known as Jessica Lewis Arts) and we are performing for the first time as at The 11th Annual Dance Educators Concert at Ailey on May 2nd at 7pm. We are bringing back an old piece, reinvented and including some original cast members. Come see excerpts of Kitchen (2016) featuring company members and

10/12/2024

Hi friends! It’s been a while and I haven’t wanted to ask BUT!

We have been doing really exciting things at Hamilton Grange Middle School in the arts for the past 2+ years. This year, year 3, we go next level.

I was able to get us an amazing partnership with Ballet And Beyond  who are providing so much training and equipment to us but my title I school does not have the funds for proper ballet barres or attire!

Can you help us? Can you share this link with people who can donate? Thank you!

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Help me give my students ballet barres and shoes for our new partnership with Ballet and Beyond NYC. Ballet and Beyond NYC is generously offering free dance classes to all HGMS students! We need ba...

10/09/2021

Come see our presentation at 445pm EST!

08/14/2020

New service alert from !!!! 😊😊😊😊 Do you want to take private dance, theater, singing, audition coaching, material selection classes with me? Small group classes? Need some help with applications for jobs, college, high school, professional auditions? Need career coaching? WE ARE TAKING NEW CLIENTS! I have references AND testimonials and proof of my coaching and teaching working (client results) and have been doing this for over 10 years. If you are interested let me know!

Also- our dance company, Jessica Lewis Arts, is now offering and recruiting new teachers to teach private lessons, and group classes online or in a safe socially distanced manner.

So far we have my wonderful husband (oh yeah I got married) lined up to work with anyone wanting to play percussion and drums! He also specializes in music production, music theory, and is very open to teaching music in new and innovative ways

See his page on our website! He has impressive credentials http://jessicalewisarts.org/ #/teaching-artists-and-coaching/

The nice thing about booking lessons through us? We are a 501c3 Non-Profit so all your fees are 100% tax-deductible.

We will be adding our full teaching staff to our website shortly but in the meantime, if you are interested in other lessons please contact me! If you are looking for a new way to reach clients and have any teaching or tutoring expertise, we'd love to work with you so spread the word!

07/07/2020

More info and more photos of the end of the year for the coming soon. We had a great first virtual performance on June 20, showing work we created on film for the first time. We are excited to encorporate more into both our teaching practices and artistic practices in . For now, enjoy some photos with our founding and graduating members and with Artistic Director, Jess Lewis. These young women have grown so much over their 6 years with the and we are so excited for what they are up to next- including their continued roles within as and . This is what growing up with empowerment and creativity looks like. This is what looks like. This is what and looks like. This is this is . This is the future. (missing the rest of the who we know we’ll see soon when it’s safer. Love you .the.torte .nina .lacosta and Evelyn).

06/15/2020

Thank you for the beautiful invite show online this weekend (sat june 20 @ 2pm EST). DM or email is for the meeting login and password on zoom. Make sure you have updated your zoom and join us! .the.torte .nina

05/05/2020

05/01/2020

Those of you who know this company know that this kid (who is now basically a whole adult) has been integral to everything we do. She supports the main company at every show and sees every performance we do as many times as she can. She comes to rehearsals for and helps run our .dance chapter. She helped start the with and and she’s done all of this while earning a high school and associates degree in 4 years (and also learning to speak English). She is basically the heart and soul of our educational mission and continues to mentor and support our younger dancers. She’s off to her next adventure in neuroscience in Europe at University of Edinburgh for Fall 2020 and the whole family could not be more proud. Artistic Director, Jessica Lewis, also wants to add that is a combo of protégée, daughter, sister, and best friend to her. We couldn’t do it all without you and your talent and brilliance.