Kendra Borden

Beyond Dance






Be Home For Dinner!


  • Co-founder, Co-Creative Director, & more.
  • Be Home for Dinner! is an interdisciplinary, B2B x B2C, industry cookout focusing on direct sourcing, design, and community. Volume 1 launched May 2023.
  • Events include cocktail, coursed menu, spatial design, live music, and more. 
  • Partnering directly with small producers local to the NY area for sourcing
  • Events hosted at Baby Blues Luncheonette, Reginas Grocery, Stone Street Cafe, Rhodora, The Knife Factory, Sauced, Frog Wine Bar...& more to come!

F&B 

  • Culinary & production roles with Aerthship, Cathleen O’Neil Productions, Feisal & Co, Luisa NYC, Pierce Abernathy//Pilaf Productions, Spiltmilk Collective, We Are ONA, and more
  • Contra, Baby Blues Luncheonette
  • Manager at JANE Motorcycles
  • Professional coffee experience since 2018 at locations including JANE Motorcycles, Certified Kitchen and Bakery, and Joe Coffee Company
  • Bar certified, Joe Coffee Company, 2021
  • Over ten years experience working pop-ups and assisting shows
Photo by Tyler Haage



Research and Data Analysis


  • Image Tech/Alexandra Wells, LLC- compiled a comprehensive database of over 350 international dance companies
  • Thesis: Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nutrients in the Hudson River Estuary
             Columbia Univeristy Department of Ecology, Evolution,and Environmental Biology. 2022
                Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
                Research Mentor: Dr. Andrew Juhl
                Research Advisor: Dr Jenna Lawrence
  • Thesis: Tapping In, Staying In: Understanding Vulnerability as a Tool to Facilitate Connection Through Dance
                Barnard College. 2022
                Research Advisor: Dr Seth Williams

Additional Projects


  • Orange lamp: indoor-outdoor lamp composed of embroidery hoops and oranges that showcases elegance in repetition of natural forms (viewable on google maps street view). 2022
  • Outdoor shower: designed and built an outdoor shower using entirely reused materials and natural products. 2020
  • Kitchen Test Garden: managed an extensive test garden providing produce from May through October; implemented entirely natural, organic pest and soil management solutions.
  • Additional projects include: pottery, coffee roasting, handwritten recipe books, knitwear, pottery + coffee-roasting shed, butter candles, and more