Bodies on the Brink

Ximena Garnica + Shige Moriya & LEIMAY Ensemble

Bodies on the Brink pairs dancers of the LEIMAY Ensemble with kinetic sculptures to explore the interplay between the materials of body and sculpture, revealing the physics of causality and metaphoric potential for interconnectivity. This 15 minute score can be looped up to 4 times in a row or can be performed over the course of a full day with pauses. The work utilizes sonic sculptures with wireless mics that respond to the friction of performance.

Performances:

Greene Acres Community Garden (2018)

Japan Society Bash (2019)

Judson Church (2019)

Anniversary of NYC’s Cultural Shutdown, Brooklyn: (2021)

Documentation

Documentation Images Process Images Related Event Images All (Private)

Object Identifier

AMP.XSW.2018.1000.11

ID number

2018.1000.11

Year Created

2018

Performance dates

Language

English

Curated Filters

  • Dance/Theater/Opera
  • Kinetic Sculpture
  • Bodies

Space / Location

  • Gardens and Parks
  • Plazas and Squares
  • Galleries

Premiere Venue

Greene Acres Community Garden
322 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11238

Premiere Venue specific dates

  • 15/09/2018

Other Venues

  • Japan Society
  • 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
      • 07/11/2019
  • Movement Research at The Judson Church
  • 150 First Avenue, 1st Floor Studio, New York, NY 10009
  • Williamsburg, Brooklyn
  • N. 6th St. between Berry St. and Bedford Ave
      • 19/03/2021

Sculptural Installation Performance by
Shige Moriya and Ximena Garnica

Performed by the LEIMAY Ensemble:

Greene Acres

Masanori Asahara, Krystel Copper, Derek DiMartini, Mar Galeano, Andrea Jones

Japan Society Bash

Masanori Asahara, Krystel Copper

Judson Church

Krystel Copper, Derek DiMartini, Mar Galeano, Andrea Jones

Brooklyn

Masanori Asahara, Krystel Copper

Greene Acres

Shige Moriya

Japan Society Bash

Daphne Youree

Judson Church

Shige Moriya

Brooklyn

Brandon Perdomo

Presented by the New York Restoration Project in partnership with LEIMAY.

LEIMAY works are supported in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Jeremy D. Slater (sound composition)

Irena Romendik (costume fabrication)