“The training with Ximena was great, I really enjoyed what I learned from the workshops that she gave us. I found it really interesting the way she thinks about the body in terms of how to feel it and how to use it. The exercises that she taught us, I’m sure I’ll use them from now on in my warm ups, because they were great.” – Sorin Prodea, LUDUS Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Alessandro Anglani
“The training proposed by LEIMAY is very interesting because it works on a fundamental aspect when we talk about contemporary art. In my opinion being able to recognize the artistic work as belonging to the universe of the game and therefore giving it two main connotations (the focus, the play for the purpose of playing, as an act of joy, and the LUDUS, the participation inside of a series of rules to success) becomes important when we define a performative act. The type of work proposed by LEIMAY has a very strong physical component, moving from the concrete control of … Continued
Testimonial – Yuri Ogasawara
“What I find fascinating each time I take the workshop is how much imagination could possibly be reached. I realize how I put myself in the limited world and forget the endless possibilities of existence. This workshop is to awaken such senses we already possess within ourselves.” – Yuri Ogasawara, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Katherine Hreib
“LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive cultivated that mysterious chemistry that is present in all good relationships, both within and among participants. Ximena’s teachings quickly brought us into breath with cosmic imagination, enlivening all directions within the body. I faced myself continuously, witnessed my habits and boundaries, and through demonstrations of effortlessness was repeatedly dared to move beyond them. Together we danced the inner dance whose motivation is deeper than aesthetics, it is the dance that seeks multi-sensory physical and spiritual receptiveness and integration.” – Katherine Hreib, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2019