Cooking with Christopher Unpezverde Núñez

October 13, 2021 | emily | General

Wednesday, November 3rd
7 – 8 PM
Zoom Event

Our donation-based cooking fundraisers are back this season! All donations support the continuation of our Black Artists Space to Create Residency program. Christopher Unpezverde Núñez, NDA Advisory Board member and Performance Mix Artist, will lead us in making Lomo/ Portobello Saltado and we will gather afterwards to eat and talk.

“I am Visually Impaired, Immigrant and Queer. From 2014 to 2018 I lived undocumented in the United States of America. During that time, because of my disability and immigration status, the only jobs I could get were in kitchens, mostly Latin American: cooking, cleaning and serving. Kitchens in NYC are very special places. In these chaotic, noisy and hot spaces, bonds, communities and families are formed. For immigrants like me, who arrive alone, without money and without support, the kitchens provide hope and food to continue, but America has a long and painful history with food and the undocumented hands that grow, prepare and serve it. Lomo saltado was one of the first dishes I learned to cook. It is a traditional South American dish and although I am Central American I learned to passionately love the food of all of Latin America. The flavors, colors and smells kept my memory and imagination alive. Join me for this cooking session. It will be full of love, politics, identity, gratitude and finger licking.”

Christopher Unpezverde Núñez

For more information and to register for the event, visit our Eventbrite page.

New Dance Alliance continues to support artists with free opportunities through the pandemic. If you are able, please consider making a donation to support the development and endurance of NDA’s Satellite, LiftOff, Black Artists Space to Create Residencies, and Performance Mix Festival.

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Nami Yamamoto, photo by Ryutaro Mishima

“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”

– Nami Yamamoto