This year, the University of Iowa Dance Department will host their annual Dance Gala through an entirely virtual set of performances. The dances will focus on the collective experiences of life during quarantine.

"I think of this product as a story or timeline about all of the research I've conducted, and it's a nice reminder that nothing is precious and that art has many lives," Cullen said, "whether it lives on the stage, it lives on film or it lives in memory.