“SOAK 2018 gave me an opportunity to meet amazing artists and a big thrill to meet enthusiastic audiences. I really appreciate Ximena and Shige inviting me as a guest Artist. Their passion and effort made me deeply impressed. I really look forward to meeting them again, not only as...Continued

“The SOAK Festival was a wonderful opportunity to perform with like-minded, yet vastly different exploratory artists. I loved that everything was done for and by the artists, a fact which I think rang true in the authenticity of the evenings.” – Teddy Tedholm, SOAK Artist, 2018

“I am fascinated by the bridges between works that have been independently made, and SOAK has provided me with an opportunity to work alongside artists deep in their study. Performing with the support of the students at City Tech at Voorhees Hall allowed my work the time and technical...Continued

“SOAK provides a vital resource to young artists attempting to grow their body of work and hone their craft. Presenting in SOAK offers you both an opportunity to stage and perform work, but also a supportive community that welcomes artistic exploration, success, and failure of all kind, which is...Continued

“SOAK is an incredible opportunity to explore new work in a professional and supportive environment. Shige and Ximena strike a great balance between encouraging experimentation and providing insightful critique to strengthen the work while staying true to its original intention. Presenting with a community of other artists platforming their...Continued

“Sharing new and highly vulnerable solo work during SOAK was affirming for me as a creator and community member. I felt supported by Ximena, Shige, and the entire LEIMAY Team. Post-show feedback from audience members and fellow artists was both insightful and essential to my creative process. I highly...Continued

“I appreciate SOAK because it does not discriminate, but rather wholly welcomes the diverse types of performance happening now, here in New York and across the globe. The unification is beautiful.” – Averil, Audience member

“Little CAVE expanded its geography even to virtual realms, along with its usual global reach. The mixture of unmissable substances produces true mess, primordial soup from which new things emerge, in a slow motion.” – Irena Romendik, LEIMAY Collaborator, 2012

“I want to thank CAVE for this opportunity to teach at the SOAK Festival. I think it is a great project combining performances & workshops during a week. My experience teaching “The Sonoric Voice Workshop” was reach and I really appreciated the participants being very open-minded to the experience....Continued