“Throughout the Tadashi Endo workshop at the LEIMAY studio, I kept seeing and hearing new strange things that I knew in my heart were familiar. Instead of showing the audience how beautiful our movements are, he said real beauty came from the pain deep within ourselves. Instead of dancing a sad dance with sad music (which is essentially feeling sorry for ourselves), he said to be happy and appreciate our sadness, and the dance will come. This workshop has shaken me up from my roots and altered the way I experience my relationships. Thank you so much.”

– Joan Wada, LEIMAY LUDUS Performance Lab -Tadashi Endo Participant, 2019