The second addition to his virtual residency, James Dennen’s Critical Theory 1 explores real-time collaboration in virtual reality through an interdisciplinary improvisation. The Critical Theory series explores what happens when creative collaboration turns digital, performance is mediated by motion capture, and the boundaries between text, theater, and dance are tested in virtual environments. This 12-minute video documents Critical Theory 1, the first of the series, which plays as a continuous loop for visitors to the virtual theater. Critical Theory anticipates a revolution in art making and machinery, which we already see taking place within the furor around artificial intelligence and its sudden availability to the public. The piece playfully engages theory-focused prose by noted sociologist Pierre Bourdieu as an improbable stimulus for exquisitely flexible improvised movement. The video can be found at this link: https://wexarts.org/performing-arts/james-dennen-and-molly-shanahan FOR CREDIT: fill out this google form (https://forms.gle/3Ke7WmLvHpfFQgUi7)