“Together they have been developing LUDUS, an ongoing practice that combines the ensemble’s physical conditioning, visual art craft, aesthetics, and philosophies while providing another point of access to their creations and process.” – Ivan Talijancic, Howlround (2017) Interview for Frantic Beauty
Article: “‘Antigones,’ a Butoh performance by Ximena Garnica, applies the myth of Antigone”
“The Greek myth of Antigone is rendered in Butoh Dance to illustrate the experience of absence, among families and friends, of los Desaparecidos, the “disappeared ones” of Colombia’s political upheavals.“ -Jonathan Slaff, NewsBlaze (2008) for Antigones
Review: “The New York Butoh Festival Rides Again”
“It’s very reassuring to see that interesting work is still being done, and that the style is becoming more established in the United States as well.“ -Henry Baumgartner, New York Theater Wire for A Timeless Kaidan
University of California, Riverside
LEIMAY presented Frantic Beauty in Winter 2019 as part of a three-week residency with the UCR Dance Department, leading master classes and transmitting excerpts from Ensemble repertory pieces to UCR dance students. Ximena Garnica was a Visiting Assistant Professor for Fall 2018-Winter 2019.