StarQuest features a dataset of 111 AI-generated dance scenes, each eight seconds long. Each scene reimagines the world of competitive dance, drawing on the emotion and drama of the cult reality series Dance Moms. Ambition becomes spectacle, and the line between performance and perfection blurs as the “AI default girl” takes the stage—caught in a never-ending cycle of training, performing, winning, and losing. Both performer and product, she is trained to compete and to never quit—revealing what matters most: to win. Custom software sequences the video dataset into an infinite, generative film—an algorithmic collage that loops endlessly, showing how images are made to work and hold our attention. Drawing from her own background as a competition dancer, Man reflects on how the structures of training and optimization that shape the stage now govern digital life, where visibility doubles as both labor and reward. In StarQuest, the pursuit of perfection becomes both method and mirror, reminding us that in the age of AI, performance is no longer an act—it’s a condition.