LUDUS Masterclass - Bodies on the Brink
Encounters with LEIMAY
Ximena Garnica
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 2026: LUDUS
At Home Encounters with LEIMAY invites audiences into our studio process. These gatherings open a window into works in development, allowing the public to witness research, experimentation, and collaborative exchange as they unfold.
In the week leading up to the showing, a LEIMAY LUDUS class taught by LEIMAY’s Co Director Ximena Garnica focused on the themes of Bodies on the Brink. Participants explored instability, weight, gravity, and responsiveness through embodied research.
LUDUS is LEIMAY’s movement-based methodology that cultivates perception, relational awareness, and adaptability. This class offers a deeper entry into the physical investigations informing the performance.
At HOME Encounters with LEIMAY: Bodies on the Brink also included two public work-in-progress showings by LEIMAY’s Artistic Co-Directors, Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya with the LEIMAY Ensemble, Masanori Asahara, Krystel Mazzeo and Akane Little, and guests artists Jeremy D. Slater and yuniya edi kwon, and an open conversation with the artists of the LEIMAY Ensemble and the guest composers
Documentation
Object Identifier
AMP.EDU.2026.6000.1Date Created
20260526Language
EnglishCurated Filters
- With ensemble
Space / Location
Premiere Venue
CAVE Home Of LEIMAY58 Grand Street, Brooklyn NY
Bodies on the Brink is a work developed by Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya with the LEIMAY Ensemble: Krystel Mazzeo, Masanori Asahara & Akane Little; and guest composers/musicians: Jeremy Slater and yuniya edi kwon
Bodies on the Brink was developed and presented by LEIMAY at CAVE, home of LEIMAY, during At Home: Encounters with LEIMAY in May 2026.
LEIMAY At Home series is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
LEIMAY is supported, in part, with the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and many generous contributions from individual donors.
LEIMAY’s works, community, and coalition programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department Of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts. And by Creative Capital, the National Performance Network (NPN); and the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
