At the core of KINOSAITO’s physical space, and its mission, is the theater. A 1500sf vaulted space, the theater is the site of original new works of theater and performance, as well works from Kikuo Saito’s theater oeuvre reimagined by contemporary performance groups. Regular programming includes dance performances, film screenings and concert recitals, along with performances, installations and new media work by artists in residence and visiting artists and companies.
Performances
Photo by Kris Graves
Naama Tsabar and Kristin Mueller: Untitled (Double Face)
19 Sep. 2026
Set I | 4pm
Set II | 6pm
Amidst these turbulent times Tsabar and Mueller came together at KINOSAITO to workshop a new performance on Tsabar’s sculpture Untitled (Double Face) - a single guitar that has two necks and requires the performers to lean on each other, negotiating movement and sound, while playing.
This work is a place for two separate and distinct bodies to exist, to be equal. A place for negotiating, for acknowledging each other, for moving in and through conflict and beauty, for creating together.
The program included the long running performance Untitled (Double Face), 2014 and the debut of the performance developed at KINOSAITO with the support of NYSCA.
This performance was a part of KINOSAITO’s 5-Year Anniversary Celebration.
Past Performances
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Between Worlds
Music Performance
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Gabriela Burdsall & William Ruiz Morales
Derrotero
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Maria Camia
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Raven Chacon
A Signaling Performance
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Circular Jazz Trio
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Edgar Cobián
Peor Aún
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Deville Cohen
Hand to Mouth: DE-SUICIDE
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Dawuna
A Signaling Performance
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Arone Dyer
Solo Performance
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Lin Esser
Music Performance
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Lin Esser with Kathy Ridl and Jim Ridl
Music Performance
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Helen Gillet
Cello Echoes with Helen Gillet & My Pal Foot Foot
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Wendell Gray II
Dance Performance
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JS Bach and Claude Bolling together again!
Music Performance
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A Jeff Kane & John Watts Duo
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Maiko Kikuchi
Note from a Sheep I Met at the Dawn
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Alison Knowles
Event Scores
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L'Rain
A Signaling Performance
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Maya Lee-Parritz
The American Sun
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Jade Manns
Dance Performance
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Emily Manzo
Time in Water
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Bruce Odland | Lin Esser
Not a Sonata
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Leah Ogawa
Divine Generations
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Miki Orihara
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Maya Perry
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Ravel
His Life in Art Song
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Tasche de la Rocha
Live Musical
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Ben Russell and Matt Schreiber
HINTERLANDS
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Saint Mela
KINOSAITO’s 2-Year Anniversary
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Kikuo Saito
Toy Garden Reprise
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Loren Stillman
Time and Again
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Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
… and Drive (Far Away)
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Naama Tsabar
Melodies of Certain Damage, Opus 5
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Naama Tsabar and Kristin Mueller
Untitled (Double Face)
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Westchester Jazz Alliance Quartet