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Drive

Three contemporary dancers performing on a stage bathed in intense red lighting and atmospheric smoke; two male dancers lean in close near the center while a third dancer stands silhouetted in the background.
Credit: Ian Douglas

About the Performance

Drive is a high energy ensemble work for eight dancers set to thumping club beats. Commissioned for New York City Center’s 2017 Fall for Dance Festival, it unfolds with propulsive movement throughout.

Choreography
Kyle Abraham in collaboration with the company
Lighting Design

Dan Scully

Costume Design

Karen Young

Music

Theo Parrish and Mobb Deep, with additional sound editing by Sam Crawford

Premiere Cast

Matthew Baker, Tamisha A. Guy, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Catherine Kirk, Marcella Lewis, Jae Neal, Connie Shiau

Duration
16 minutes
Premiere
New York City Center, New York, NY (2017)

Support

Drive was commissioned by New York City Center for the 2017 Fall for Dance Festival with generous support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Special funding for Drive provided by Jay Franke & David Herro, and by Rick Beyer. Drive was developed, in part, through a residency at White Oak Conservation, made possible by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

Gallery

  • Drive (2018)
  • Solo dancer Catherine Ellis Kirk lies on her side on a dimly lit stage with one arm extended overhead.
    Catherine KirkCredit: Ian Douglas
  • An ensemble of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham dancers hit a synchronized low stance on a dimly lit stage flanked by vertical light rigs.
    DriveCredit: Ian Douglas
  • Dancers crouch and shift low across a stage bathed in intense red lighting and atmospheric haze.
    DriveCredit: Ian Douglas

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Dancers on stage under dark lighting, with one woman lying on the floor in the foreground and a man in a plaid shirt standing nearby.
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