Drag Performances | The New Builder

On a brightly decorated stage, accompanied by flashing lights and blasting music, strikingly sharp silhouettes stand preparing for their grandiose entrances. Drag is often a masterclass in creativity and high-energy performances, but what lies beneath the humor and spectacle is a fierce clawing and grasping of things so close, yet so far. As Mapúa University (MU) and the whole world celebrate Pride Month, the Council of Organizations showcased the excellence of Mapúan drag queens in the Drag Race Sustainable Wear Fashion Show, “Vanguard in Vogue: AFLAME,” last May 23 at the Intramuros Campus Gymnasium. Now, the lights have dimmed, and the stage swept clean, but the stories and fights of these rainbow warriors rage on.

Behind the Glitz and Glamor of Drag

On a brightly decorated stage, accompanied by flashing lights and blasting music, strikingly sharp silhouettes stand preparing for their grandiose entrances. Drag is often a masterclass in creativity and high-energy performances, but what lies beneath the humor and spectacle is a fierce clawing and grasping of things so close, yet so far.

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