SOAK
is a festival presenting a stream of AcTS and training in theater, butoh, dance, and performance art every spring over four weeks in May and June. SOAK is molded by LEIMAY, the interdisciplinary ensemble and producing organization behind the acclaimed New York Butoh Festival.  SOAK takes place at LEIMAY’s home, CAVE, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

SOAK
broadens the perceptions of our artists and audiences with work that is experimental, rigorous, and thought-provoking. The festival showcases finished and in-progress work by international, local, fellows and resident artists and blends them together in a concoction  that inspires audiences, fuels the artists, and stimulates the community surrounding LEIMAY’s activities.

SOAK
performances include work by LEIMAY Fellows: Hee Ran Lee, Kate Ladenheim, Lucy Kerr, Terra Incognita, Thea Little, and Tina Mitchell.  International and local guest performances by Andrea Jones, Denisa Musilova, José Rivera Jr., Laura Peterson, Luigi Repetto, Theresa Magario, Yael Gaathon, and Raul Zbengheci. This year’s festival also includes a four-part series, Encounters with LEIMAY, featuring performances, a public symposium, a lecture demonstration, and a five day training intensive.

LEIMAY Ludus Training sessions happening during SOAK feature a three part LEIMAY Ludus Lab with butoh master SU-EN, a LEIMAY Ludus Summer Intensive with Artistic Director Ximena Garnica,  and five LEIMAY Ludus Labs in theater, dance, butoh and dramaturgy with guest teachers Tina Mitchell & Paul Peers, Laura Peterson, Daniel Irizarry, Yael Gaathon, and Pavel Zuštiak.

SOAK
features Encounters with LEIMAY, a four-part series of talks, performances, and training that, seen as a whole, offer a resonant environment that mirrors LEIMAY’s artistic practice. Encounters with LEIMAY  is conceived by artistic directors Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya as a chance to see the company at its home, uncovering the layers of thought, practice, and experimentation that compose LEIMAY’s work.

SOAK takes place starting May 21th and ends on June 29th with a closing celebration block party coinciding with the city-wide festival of Make Music New York. Visit www.leimay.org for details. Registration for all LEIMAY Ludus Labs and Performance RSVPs during SOAK are now open.