(pray), nicHi douglas’s religious choreopoem, also empowers those who may be forgotten and subverts norms while plunging the well of faith. In (pray)’s many vibrant hymns, common reverent words get a matrilineal makeover—“amen” turns into “again,” and “father” becomes “freedom”—bringing focus less to Jesus and more to the community church enables.
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