LEIMAY LUDUS is a dynamic and interdisciplinary approach to movement research, performance, and embodied practice that has been embraced by universities and institutions worldwide. Led by Ximena Garnica, Artistic Director of LEIMAY Ensemble, this training methodology expands artistic inquiry across disciplines—bridging dance, theater, music, media studies, performance, and visual arts.

Ximena has held lecturer appointments, visiting professorships, and visiting artist positions at institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University (NYU), and the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where she was a Distinguished Visiting Assistant Professor. She has also taught at Marymount Manhattan College and Sarah Lawrence College and, alongside the LEIMAY Ensemble, has led artist residencies at Stanford University. In addition to LEIMAY Ludus, Ximena has developed multiple courses in acting, directing, devising, choreography, composition, media, and sculpture, offering a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary approach to performance education.

LEIMAY LUDUS can be integrated into university settings through semester-long courses, artist residencies, master classes, guest lectures, and visiting professorships. Whether through immersive training, interdisciplinary collaborations, or performance and exhibition residencies, LEIMAY provides students and faculty with a transformative experience that challenges euro-centric notions of body, time, and space.

We invite institutions to collaborate with Ximena Garnica, the core teaching members of the LEIMAY Ensemble, and the LEIMAY LUDUS methodology to enrich their academic programs. Contact us to explore customized engagements tailored to your university’s needs.

 

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING & LEIMAY REPERTORY RESIDENCY

LEIMAY offers immersive educational programs and repertory residencies designed to engage students, performers, and researchers in rigorous movement training, interdisciplinary creation, and embodied performance practices. Our programs are tailored for universities, conservatories, dance companies, theater ensembles, and arts institutions, providing unique opportunities to experience the LEIMAY Ludus methodology and LEIMAY’s acclaimed repertory.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES:

• LEIMAY Ludus Training – Exploring ludus principles of body, space, time, and materiality.
  Workshops & Master Classes – Focused training in acting, directing, choreography, composition, media, and sculpture
• Lectures & Artist Talks – Conversations on performance, embodied practice, and interdisciplinary creation
• Semester-Long Courses – Customized curricula for academic institutions

LEIMAY REPERTORY RESIDENCY OFFERS:

• The opportunity to learn, embody, and perform existing LEIMAY works.
• Creative residencies where students and artists engage in a co-creation process with Ximena, Shige and/or LEIMAY Ensemble members.
• Artistic residencies that support the creation of new works by Ximena and Shige, whether as commissioned projects or with institutional support for development. These works span installations, performances, films, photography, and sculpture.

UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT COLLABORATIONS:

LEIMAY LUDUS has been integrated into various academic disciplines through partnerships, collaborations, courses, and residencies with departments including:

• Theater
• Dance
• Music
• Performance Studies
• Sculpture & Visual Arts
• Architecture
• Media Studies
• Film
  We invite institutions to collaborate with Ximena Garnica, the LEIMAY Ensemble, and the LEIMAY Ludus methodology to expand their artistic and educational programming. Contact us to bring LEIMAY to your institution, company, or venue. To request samples of university courses taught in the past and additional details, please contact us.

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