‘The house music that thrummed in the background of “Drive” was infectious and sexy and freeing; dancers pulsed and moved together, arms mirroring the isolation and quickness of voguing. But with this fun and fierceness came an unexpected edge; the presence of a threat, somewhere in the distance, demanding ferocity in response. Though this threat was never actually embodied onstage, the support and community onstage gestured at a larger need for this vulnerability. Abraham choreographed this piece after the election, and it shows.
“I wanted to scream,” he told Asantewaa, to “celebrate who we are.” Though he wanted “Drive” to “have a knock to it,” he wanted to convey something larger. That the company was a united front, that he could create a space for community and celebration onstage, and that there are many ways for people to “feel united and not alone.” As the packed audience at Summer Stage cheered and danced in their seats, it was clear they got the message.’
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