She and her partner were surviving on a "cesta basica", food parcels donated by a local charity in the Salsa e Merengue neighbourhood they call home.

He and colleagues from the music and education project Farofa Black started raising money for food parcels – known as cesta básica, the basic basket in Brazil – to deliver around the community.

Cesta, a brand-new label, has just the thing.

Cesta sisal basket bag with leather strap, $350 at cestacollective.com.

Yolanda Cesta Cursach, the museum’s curator of performance, was particularly interested in the period of Ms. Tharp’s career when she worked in nontraditional spaces like museums and parks.