HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Ave. at Dominick St.
April 10-14, 8:30, $20
212-647-0202
www.here.org
In January 2011, HERE presented a workshop production of LEIMAY’s Floating Point Waves as part of its annual Culturemart festival. The experimental evening-length piece, which is now having its official premiere at HERE, continuing April 10-14, was conceived and designed by dancer-choreographer Ximena Garnica and video artist Shige Moriya, the duo that runs the New York Butoh Festival, the upcoming inaugural SOAK Festival, and CAVE. Garnica and Moriya are also the masterminds behind LEIMAY, the performance installation company whose previous works include Furnace, Trace of Purple Sadness, and Becoming. In Floating Point Waves, Garnica and Moriya, collaborating with sound composer Jeremy D. Slater and lighting designer Solomon Weisbard, create an immersive, meditative environment that shimmers with shadows and reflections, splashes of color in the darkness, and slow movement through strings and water as a live electronic score plays along with real-time video, coming together to create a mesmerizing experience. Garnica and Moriya will participate in the discussion “Tracing the Art” after the April 10 performance, while the April 11 show will be followed by an audience roundtable.