~ Arts at the Edge ~
bringing transformative performing arts
to the Riverdale-Kingsbridge neighborhoods
check out our feature in the Riverdale Press!
Arts at the Edge is a performing arts organization in residence at Edgehill in Spuyten Duyvil. Run by two working artist moms, Arts at the Edge programs and produces transformative, diverse performing arts events and workshops for the Riverdale-Kingsbridge, Bronx community, in partnership with the Kingsbridge Historical Society and local artists.
Named for our home at Edgehill and Riverdale's place at the "edge" of New York City, we are both rooted in the history of this area and envisioning what our future can be, through innovative artmaking and collaboration.
OUR VISION
- to establish Riverdale/Kingsbridge as an arts hotspot through diverse, accessible programming
- to welcome artists of all ages and experience levels into a vibrant community of creativity and care
- to honor the unique history of the area while dreaming into our collective future
WHO WE ARE
Esmé Julien Boyce and Katie Zaffrann, founders
Esmé Julien Boyce (she/her) is a choreographer and dancer. Boyce was a fall 2023 BAC Open artist in residence at Baryshnikov Arts. She has presented her work at 92nd Street Y, Dixon Place, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Judson Church, Baryshnikov Arts, and Center for Performance Research. Boyce’s work was curated for the Judson Church performances of the Museum of Modern Art’s fall 2018 exhibition, Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done. She received the Bronx Cultural Visions Fund grant for her piece “The Humbling or Chapter of Mama: Part 1”. Boyce holds a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School and an MFA in dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Katie Zaffrann is a New York-based actor and crossover soprano with more than twenty years onstage. She has performed regionally and throughout NYC at Shakespeare & Company, NYMF, Cape May Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Poetic Theater Productions, Delaware Theatre Company, freeFall Theatre, Opera House Arts and more. Katie was in residency at Theaterlab in 2026 to develop her new solo work. She is currently pursuing her MFA Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, UK and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University. Katie is also a certified meditation teacher and writes the Substack drama/dharma.
SHARE YOUR VOICE
Are you a local Riverdale-Kingsbridge performing artist?
We want to hear from YOU!
Take our survey to help us better understand the needs & wants of our community, and equip us with data to approach funding opportunities.
GET IN TOUCH
artsattheedge@mailbox.org
WITH THANKS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS
We acknowledge that Edgehill sits on unceded Lenape territory.