*Applications for the November 21st Exquisite Frame presentation are now closed. Watch the livestream here!
Exquisite Frame is a digital performance series intended to directly engage ‘early-mid’ career movement artists within the DC-Maryland-Virginia region.
Curated and hosted by Dance Place AIR Britta Joy Peterson and guest-curator/host Candace Scarborough, artists will be presented by Dance Place in broadcast that is free to the public on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 8:00pm.
Exquisite Frame is a forum for experimentation, exposure, and exchange. We invite new, short 3-5 minute pieces that:
a) play within and push up against ordinary and exquisite.
b) leverage the precarious potential of what’s possible within the digital platform.
c) query within quantities and qualities of risk, rigor and relevance.
The points above serve as prompts, provocations, as well as the curatorial framework through which works will be selected.
Up to 5 artists will be selected. As such, artists are encouraged to apply to future “Exquisite Frame” presentations, occurring in 2021. Priority for future iterations will be given to artists who have not yet been presented in “Exquisite Frame”.
Submission Parameters:
• Dance-based artists living in the District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia who are not currently
enrolled in an undergraduate program of study.
• 3-5-minute works crafted to be performed/shared/presented via Zoom. This may be live, pre-recorded, etc. We encourage you to think dynamically!
Selected works will be due one-week prior to the event. Works may be submitted as pre-recorded footage, a screen recording of works intended to be performed live, or via a different video file depending on the nature of the work.
Dance Place believes that Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, people in the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities and women must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other historically and systemically marginalized communities.
Artists are responsible for the creation of their own digital content, including filming and editing, if applicable. Dance Place will provide transcription service for all pre-recorded videos, and ASL interpretation for the live event. Artists proposing “live” presentations are encouraged to consider how to incorporate accessibility into their performance.
Deadline for performance proposals is 11:59pm Sunday, November 1, 2020.
Selected artists will receive $120.00 USD for their participation.
Any questions can be sent to sarahg@danceplace.org.
Graphics by Olivia Weber.
