Extinction Rituals - Dance Opera
Japan Society, 2023
Ximena Garnica + Shige Moriya & LEIMAY Ensemble
Movement, light, music and song converge in this work-in-progress dance opera inspired by acts of remembrance and celebrations of life and loss. With their unique blend of directorial, choreographic and design craft, Garnica and Moriya shape a poetic tribute to collapsing environments, animals, plants and humans from their places of origin, Japan and Colombia, and their current home, New York.
Documentation
![Development/Premiere [Archive]](https://photos.smugmug.com/LEIMAY-Works/Extinction-Rituals/Dance-Opera/AMP-XSW-2023-1000-91/Development-Archive/i-mC4KXxb/0/Mxvt4qZbLTPZB68rVQWBDXXH5qtG3j8xWnxbhd5T5/Th/DPH.XSW.2023.1000.91.13%20-%20Development%20-%202023%20-%20photo%20by%20Shige%20Moriya-Th.jpg)
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Extinction Rituals also manifested as a Video Installation exhibited at the Chelsea Factory, as well as a Community Weaving Program in Colombia.
Object Identifier
AMP.XSW.2023.1000.91.1ID number
2023.1000.91.1Year Created
2023Performance dates
ArrayLanguage
EnglishSeries
Extinction RitualsCurated Filters
- Meeting Points
Space / Location
- LEIMAY Intensives
Premiere Venue
Japan Society333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
Performance co-conceived, directed, and designed by
Shige Moriya and Ximena Garnica
Performed by the LEIMAY Ensemble:
Masanori Asahara, Akane Little, Damontae Hack, Peggy Gould, and Yusuke Mori
Shige Moriya, Pasha Antonov, Brandon Perdomo
Extinction Rituals is produced by LEIMAY and supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Capital, Japan Foundation, and the New York State Council for the Arts. LEIMAY’s home season, programs, and projects, including Extinction Rituals, are supported, in part, by the City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatre Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation), and many generous contributions from individual donors and community members.
Extinction Rituals is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and The Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Extinction Rituals’ score includes original music by Oscar-nominated composer and instrumentalist Kaoru Watanabe, and Colombian composer and singer Carolina Oliveros.
