LEIMAY

We are thrilled to share that we have been nominated for a 2024–2025 Bessie Award in Set, Film, and Costume Design for our work A MEAL with LEIMAY and HERE Arts Center.

This recognition honors the deep, collective labor behind our latest creation — a work that weaves body, image, light, sound, food, and materiality into one living ecosystem.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to the incredible LEIMAY Ensemble performers and dancers, whose presence and rigor shape the soul of the piece; to our exceptional collaborators and composers whose sonic worlds breathe life into the work; to our collaborators who support fabrication of so many elements, and and to the community that continues to walk with us through this evolving journey.

Thank you to The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies and the selection committee for uplifting artists who experiment, imagine, and expand what performance can be.

We’re humbled and energized.
Winners will be announced on January 20, 2026 at Dixon Place

A work by
Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya

The LEIMAY Ensemble and Guests:
Masanori Asahara; Krystel Mazzeo; Maitlin Jordan; Akane Little; Derek DiMartini; Mar Galeano Peggy Gould; David Guzman; Synead Cidney Nichols; Denisa Musilova; Carolina Oliveros; Polina Porras

Video Performers
Masanori Asahara, Krystel Copper, Ximena Garnica, Andrea Jones, Cora Laszlo, Michael Mangieri, Shige Moriya, Aono Oyanagi, Brandon Perdomo, Irena Romendik

Lead Composer & Sound Designer
Drew Sensue-Weinstein

Associate Composers
Thea Little & Jeremy D. Slater

Vocal Composition
Synead Cidney Nichols & Carolina Oliveros with Ximena Garnica

Sound Assistant
Luisa Pinzon

Associate Lighting designer & Electrician
Juan Merchan

Video Editors
Ximena Garnica, Shige Moriya & Catalina Santamaria

Video Head & Systems Engineer
Glenn Potter-Takata

Multimedia Specialist
Benja Thompson

Costume Design
Ximena Garnica, Dayeon Jeong & Irena Romendik

Wearable Sculptures & Ceramics
Ximena Garnica

Ceramics Fabrication Assistance
A.V., Masanori Asahara, Xi Nan, Izya Baird-Appleton

Costumes
Dayeon Jeong, Irena Romendik

Wearables Fabrication
Ximena Garnica, Camila Barra, Izya Baird-Appleton, Polina Porras, Etu (the cat) & the Ensemble

Furniture & Artifacts
Iida Ryuichi

Vendors Portraits
Armando and Sandy
Walid
Luz Maria Ramos
Eduardo
Mohamed
Md-Abdullhaque
Ahmed Mostaque

Vendors Photos
Brandon Perdomo

Kitchen Master
Andrés Tangarife

Kitchen Assistant
Iida Ryuichiro

Make-up
Mar Galeano, Ximena Garnica & the Ensemble

Video Production Assistance
Masa Asahara , Krystel Copper & Irena Romendik

HERE TEAM:
Kristin Marting
Daniel Morrow
Ben Elling
Berit Johnson
Max Mooney & Kristina Gramlich-Casta
Ward Archer, Sasha Gheesling, Kristen Hoffman, Clara Livingston, Jackie Rivera, Ben Snyder, Vini Tabarini
Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, Lauren Miller
Haley Fragen
Brandi Knox
Ariana Albarella
Sonia Kiran
Maria Baranova
Moti Margolin
Alex White
Brandon Schock
Ayumu “Poe” Saegusa
Richard Stauffacher
Mat Blasio, Charles Shipman, Emilia Smithies, Benjamin Snyder, Ian Reid

~Actividades paralelas: Rituales de Extinción~

Te esperamos este miércoles 22 de Octubre para dos actividades que se enmarcan dentro del proyecto Rituales de Extinción

↪ 3:00 pm. Clase Abierta y Gratuita de LUDUS

↪ 5:30 Conversatorio con los co-directores Ximena Garnica y Shige Moriya sobre el proceso de realización de Rituales de Extinción

📍 Dónde: Sala Mallarino, CNA. Calle 10 # 5-32. Bogotá, Colombia

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