Call and response— dance-style…
At a church revival where the spirit captures one after another coming to be saved…
To the solo ruminations of a woman battered into reaching for a gun…
Breaking on street corners…
Vogueing in clubs…
Remembering and decrying prison time…
Jumps, somersaults, clapping, stomping…
Rhythm, energy and more energy.
Meanwhile, three musicians accompany, who— especially violinist Frédérique Gnaman when she gives us a cadenza breakout sans distraction of dance—threaten to steal the show.
Even the entrances of each dancer— seeming to emerge from nowhere thanks to lighting effects— continually excite. Projection designs also provide a frame, and signal a storyline of sorts when they spell out words like ELEVATION, RISE and ASCENSION.
