didn’t do a full writeup at the time, but i trained tito in aerial silk during the pandemic over a period of a few months so we could film this virtual aerial drag piece for the drag performer of the year competition.
we knew in advance that this would be filmed, so focused on a few key moves to hit (split silk front split, into cross-back straddle, into belay, into neck hang) during the performance rather than a traditional connected aerial performance. tito’s technique at the end of this time wasn’t particularly clean, but 3 months is really too short a time to finesse transitions and clean climbing etc.
we knew creative cuts would hide these imperfections so he could focus on expression.
the final production was filmed at little boxes with rain effects, laser projectors, and some amazing costuming and performance work from tito.
he won this category (talent) <3 and we were so proud of him.
