The theater and music theater student team of Innovations in Socially Distant Performance join in conversation about their current summer research. The student team includes Miranda Allegar ’21, BT Hayes ’22, Minjae Kim ’21, Reed Leventis ’22 and Katharine Matthias ’21, led by faculty member Elena Araoz.
The conversation is free and open to the public. From 5:30-6 PM, the session will be followed by an open chat room for members of the Princeton University theater community to connect with each other.
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Meeting ID: 122 252 650
ABOUT INNOVATIONS IN SOCIALLY DISTANT PERFORMANCE
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an entire artistic field is pivoting to develop new methods of live performance. “Live” and “In-person” connection between performer and audience is a core value often cited to distinguish live performance from film, TV and other recorded media. Such forms of socially distant performance are not new – but suddenly they are the only option. When creating live virtual theater, we are making site-specific work within a virtual platform. Performers are forced back behind the proscenium arch of the computer screen and, most often, are stuck in a two-dimensional landscape. When we make in-person socially distant theater, we wrestle with collaboration and connection within unique spatial relationships. Innovations in Socially Distant Performance explores how live performance makers are adapting in this time of isolation and how their work will innovate the arts when we can gather again.
