Blog Masonry

Testimonial – Rachel Austin

“Working with Tadashi Endo at LEIMAY deepened my understanding of Butoh in ways I truly hadn’t expected. I came to the workshop looking to reconnect with my movement in preparation for creating a piece for voice, dance and electronics. So I wasn’t sure what I hoped to get out...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Peter Sciscioli

“Returning to CAVE to offer a two-day LEIMAY/LUDUS Lab in Voice as Movement this January was a wonderful opportunity and a true joy. Having continuity between being a guest teacher there in 2016 to the present has created the consistency and familiarity that make a space feel like a...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Lauren Lloyd Williams

“I recently completed a 3-day LUDUS Winter Workshop at LEIMAY that was centered around the exploration of Hijikata’s Butoh-Fu. It was my first time at CAVE and thoroughly enjoyed my experience. Ximena + Andrea were excellent teachers, very knowledgeable and regardless of our previous experience, made all of us...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Jose Rivera Jr.

“Ximena’s Summer intensive in SOAK 2018 gave us the space to explore our physical limitations and the capacity of our imagination in relation to our bodies. Although I only attended for one day, it gave me the permission to soften back into my own practice and move again.” –...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Abbey Klotz

“I enjoyed my experience, even though it’s really physically difficult work (at times)! It challenges me on so many levels and that’s why I come, but it’s also really fun to be there with the LEIMAY company. I learn a lot from all of you. I especially enjoyed the...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Nurya Chana

“As a dancer and performer, I crave meaningful, critical, and rigorous work on embodied movement. Ximena constructs workshops that attend down to the subtle crevasses of presence, giving personal feedback and challenging lessons until the body finds itself changed in an extending space of shimmering, activated air.” – Nurya...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Becca Loevy

“LEIMAY artistic director Ximena said the first class I took from her that each class would be like looking at one section of an elephant, and only after a number of classes could the whole picture begin to unfold. With that in mind, each class I’ve taken at LEIMAY...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Theresa Magario

“Discovering that CAVE was within walking distance of my apartment stripped away all of my excuses to not come and see what was going on there. What I have met with –and still meet with– in CAVE is an astonishing, refreshing kind of education that I don’t think I...Continued

11. Apr

Testimonial – Stephanie Lanckton

“CAVE has played an influential role on my path, both artistically, and personally. In 2007, I moved to New York City from Portland, Oregon to perform in the 2007 Cave New York Butoh Festival, with butoh master Akira Kasai, which CAVE made possible. From that point forward, CAVE has...Continued

11. Apr