A multi-sensorial live performance: part ritual, part celebration, part installation, and part shared cooking experience by critically acclaimed multidisciplinary artist duo Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya. Produced by LEIMAY, A Meal explores our deep connection with food—where it comes from, what we eat, and who we share it with.
This immersive experience takes you through a series of vignettes where you’ll partake in the act of cooking and eating together, witness performances by mythological creatures, and encounter offering songs and evocative sound/video movement installations. The layered work features evocative images and dances, resonating with our post-industrial relationship with food and the Japanese and Colombian roots of the co-creators.
For A Meal, Ximena and Shige bring together new and long-time collaborators to their LEIMAY Ensemble, alongside guest performers, composers, and vocalists. These include Masanori Asahara, Krystal Copper, Akane Little, Synead Cidney Nichols and Drew Sensue-Weinstein. Join us for a memorable journey that celebrates food, culture, and community.
Co-conceived, designed, and directed by: Shige Moriya and Ximena Garnica.
Featuring the LEIMAY Ensemble: Masanori Asahara; Krystel Copper; Akane Little.
Guest Performers: Synead Cidney Nichols
Composers: Thea Little, Jeremy Slater, Drew Sensue-Weinstein.
Costumes: Ximena Garnica and Dayeon Jeong.
Video and Systems: Benja Thompson
Videos from A Meal Dream Portraits: Shige Moriya and Catalina Santamaría
A Meal is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by LEIMAY, 7 Stages, HERE, and NPN. More information: www.npnweb.org.
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- 7 Stages
1105 Euclid Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
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