Exquisite Situations
An Exquisite Zoom Performance Series
A site-specific dance and theater performance series made on and for zoom that explores the process of “exquisite corpse.” Exquisite corpse is a surrealist game where one person creates something then passes it on to another person who adds their creation and so on till a final product is produced.
While exquisite corpse is often played within the same medium (all drawings or all texts, for example), I designed a dance and theater collaboration. Based on prompts I designed, Esther created and performed a script, Priscilla created and performed a choreography, and then we put them together to form several “exquisite situations” or scenarios/vignettes on and for zoom.
This project was funded by the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts.
2022 zoom, dance, theater, video, google forms
Artists
Director, Producer, Concept Designer: Xiomara Forbez
Performing Artista: Priscilla Marrero
Playwright, Actor: Esther Banegas Gatica
Film Editor: Kali Veach
Tech Host: Magnolia Yang Sao Yia
Series Overview
Performance 1: Various Mini Situations
12 dance & theater vignettes performed by the artists, live on zoom
Performance 2: Audience Choice Situations
Audience members remixed the vignettes from Performance 1 and the artists performed them live on zoom
Performance 3: A Long Situation: A Short Film
Screening of a short film in three parts - the first narrative structure designed by me, the second and third Kali joined the exquisite corpse with video editing
Performance 4: Exquisite Method
With the help of audience members, artists created two exquisite situations live on zoom
Performance Details
Click images below for more information on each performance
