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.

In Person Event

Event Dates Range

September 17, 2026 - September 20, 2026

Venue / Location

    • 7 Stages
    • 1105 Euclid Ave NE

      Atlanta, GA 30307

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