PAST
PERFORMANCES
SEASON 15 I 2024–2025
SEASON 15 I 2024–2025
WOOD/SHOP
New Works by Company Dancers
Charles Longcope, Jr. Performance Studio at Bruce Wood Dance Gallery / Dallas
February 21–23, 2025
The Brush / Weaver Rhodes
Yonder / Alex Brown
one of three, three of many / Mia Rosin
Dos Gardenias / Gabriel Rocha
Moonshine / Seth York
Quicksand / Elliott Trahan
Hold This Heavy Heart / Kevyn Butler
from Strangers to / Cole Vernon
Episode 2: Attunement / Domingo Estrada, Jr.
L’amour, a Piaf Suite / Megan Storey
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 15 I 2024–2025
Touch
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
November 15–17, 2024
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
Lieder Eines Fahrender Gesellen (Songs of A Wayfarer) (1982) by Jirí Kylian
Concerto Six Twenty–Two (1986) by Lar Lubovitch
Piazzolla de Prisa (2001) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
Red Rock Dance Festival
Utah Tech University I St. George, Utah
May 29–June 1, 2024
SMILE (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger
Promise Me You’ll Sing My Song (2020 Film) by Adam W. McKinney with The Digibees
Blue (2021) by Joy Bollinger
Know Thyself (2010) by Bruce Wood
Elemental Brubeck (2003) by Lar Lubovitch
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
Touhill Performing Arts Center I St. Louis, Missouri
May 24, 2024
16th Annual SPRING TO DANCE Festival
Elemental Brubeck (2003) by Lar Lubovitch
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
14th Anniversary Performance & Gala
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
April 6, 2024
With Broadway Guest Artist NaTasha Yvette Williams accompanied by the Drew Zaremba Jazz Quartet
Nine Sinatra Songs (1982) by Twyla Tharp
Anything Goes (2006) by Bruce Wood
2024 BRUCE Award Honorees Dabney and Ric Abel
PHOTO BY NATALIE BRACKEN
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
WOOD/SHOP
New Works by Company Dancers
Bruce Wood Dance Gallery / Dallas
February 9–11, 2024
Virgil’s Song / Seth York
Something To Break The Ice / Elliott Trahan
Celestial Day: Pt. III, The Dispatch / Kevyn Butler
Play at Work / Domingo Estrada, Jr.
Like Water Through a Sieve / Mia Rosin
By Prayer and Petition / Megan Storey
Say a Little Prayer / Jaime Borkan
Méchants Lapins / Weaver Rhodes
Bless You / Cole Vernon
Fools Rush In / Sofia Downing Ortega
She Can Do It / Alex Brown
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
Works & Process at The Guggenheim
Lar Lubovitch at 80: Art of the Duet
Solomon Guggenheim Museum I New York
December 3, 2023
Something About Night (2018) by Lar Lubovitch
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
SOAR
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
November 17–19, 2023
Home (1997) by Bruce Wood
Arrive (World Premiere) by Norbert De La Cruz III
In My Your Head (2019) by Joy Bollinger
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
Palm Desert Choreography Festival
McCallum Theatre I Palm Desert, California
November 11, 2023
In My Your Head (2019) by Joy Bollinger
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
Homecoming 2
Back to Forth Worth!
W.E. Scott Theatre
September 16, 2023
The Only Way Through Is Through (1998) by Bruce Wood
Blue (2021) by Joy Bollinger
Polyester Dreams (2002) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 14 I 2023–2024
42nd Annual Battery Dance Festival
Rockefeller Park
I Battery Park City, New York
August 18, 2023
In My Your Head (2019) by Joy Bollinger
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
Grace
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
June 10+11, 2023
GHOST (World Premiere) by Ben Needham–Wood
And Heaven and Nature (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger
Rhapsody in Blue (2005) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
13th Anniversary Performance & Gala
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
April 29, 2023
Concerto Six Twenty–Two (Dallas Premiere) by Lar Lubovitch
Conversing with Brahms (Dallas Premiere) by Lar Lubovitch
Elemental Brubeck (2003) by Lar Lubovitch
2023 BRUCE Award Honoree Carol Crowe
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
Dallas Spring Arts Festival
Klyde Warren Park I Dallas
April 8, 2023
Featuring performances from a diverse roster of 15 arts organizations.
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
WOOD/SHOP:
New Works by Company Dancers
Bruce Wood Dance Gallery / Dallas
March 3+4, 2023
Soli Deo Gloria / Seth York
las bandidas también lloran / Sofia Downing Ortega
BoomTat / Elliott Trahan
Cvjetna Vila / Weaver Rhodes
Heiro Shift / Kevyn Butler
Stages of Me and You / Jaime Borkan
Stripped / Alex Brown
Sacrament / Claude Alexander III
La Vie en Vert / Cole Vernon
Funky D / Megan Storey
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
Awake
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
November 18+19, 2022
Dvorak Serenade (Dallas Premiere) by Lar Lubovitch
Promise Me You’ll Sing My Song (2020 Film) by Adam W. McKinney and Filmmakers The Digibees
Our Last Lost Chance (2011) by Bruce Wood
Forbidden Paths (2019) by Garrett Smith
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 13 I 2022–2023
Homecoming
Back to Forth Worth!
W.E. Scott Theatre
September 17, 2022
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
Slip Zone (2022; Excerpts) by Joy Bollinger
Lovett! (2000) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 12 I 2021–2022
SEASON 12 I 2021–2022
SPRING
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
June 10+11, 2022
Know Thyself (2010) by Bruce Wood
Slip Zone (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger. Commissioned by Dallas Museum of Art/Arts & Letters.
When the Sky Fell Purple (World Premiere) by Stephanie Martinez
The Rite of Spring (2002) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 12 I 2021–2022
Slip Zone Suite
Bruce Wood Dance + Dallas Museum of Art/Arts+Letters
Lecture Demonstration
Dallas Museum of Art I Horchow Auditorium
April 13, 2022
Slip Zone Suite (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger. Commissioned by Dallas Museum of Art/Arts & Letters.
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 12 I 2021–2022
WOOD/SHOP
New Works by Company Dancers
Dance films broadcast via Zoom
March 27 / April 24 / May 29, 2022
Dance films created by Jaime Borkan / Alex Brown / Sofia Downing Ortega / Matthew Roberts / Weaver Rhodes / Jillyn Shatley / Megan Storey / Elliott Trahan / Cole Vernon. With filmmakers The Digibees.
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 12 I 2021–2022
ReNEW
A Tribute to Rosalee Kimple
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
November 19–21, 2021
Elemental Brubeck (Dallas Premiere) by Lar Lubovitch
Liturgy (2005) by Bruce Wood
begin again (2018) by Yin Yue
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 12 I 2021–2022
Dallas Fall Arts Festival
Klyde Warren Park I Dallas
October 9, 2021
Featuring performances from a diverse roster of 10 arts organizations
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Summer Heat International Dance Festival
Chapman Music Hall I Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 19, 2021
Sombreristas (2021) by Omar Román De Jesús
Blue (2021) by Joy Bollinger
Requiem (2003) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Unite
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
June 4–6, 2021
Sombreristas (World Premiere) by Omar Román De Jesús
Hide Me Angel (2014) by Bruce Wood. Commissioned by TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND.
Blue (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger
Requiem (2003) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Dallas Arts District’s Changing Perspectives:
A Celebration of the Arts
Annette Strauss Square I Dallas Arts District
April 16, 2021
Polyester Dreams (2002) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Avant Chamber Ballet’s Together We Dance
Annette Strauss Square I Dallas Arts District
March 26+27, 2021
Hide Me Angel (2014) by Bruce Wood. Commissioned by TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND.
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
HOPE
A Virtual Dance Experience I Streamed on Vimeo
November 20–23 + December 4–7, 2020
Featuring original, world premiere dance films by filmmakers The Digibees:
Know Thyself (2010) by Bruce Wood
Promise Me You’ll Sing My Song by Adam W. McKinney and Singer/Songwriter Najeeb Sabour
Grace by Joy Bollinger
A Lover’s Concerto by Jonathan Campbell
Life Interrupted by Joy Bollinger and Composer/Pianist Joseph Thalken. Commissioned by Sally+Mark Dietz.
Wonderful World by Kimi Nikaidoh
PHOTO BY BRIAN GUILLIAUX
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Ballet North Texas’ Night on the Trinity
Annette Strauss Square I Dallas Arts District
September 26, 2020
Being (1998) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Dallas Symphony’s SOLUNA: Passport to the Park
Klyde Warren Park I Dallas Arts District
September 19, 2020
Polyester Dreams (2002) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 11 I 2020–2021
Twilight at The Tin Star
Produced by Nolan McGahon
Tin Star Theater at Trinity Groves I Dallas
August 28, 2020
Coming Back to Life (World Premiere) by Gregory Dolbashian, a site–specific work under the canopy of TETRA by Colin Hendee and Nolan McGahon
PHOTO BY BRIAN GUILLIAUX
SEASON 10 I 2019–2020
SEASON 10 I 2019–2020
10 Years—Distance Unites
Virtual Celebration
June 6–14, 2020
A dance collaboration with Filmmakers The Digibees
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 10 I 2019–2020
Cowboy Songs
10th Anniversary Gala
Bruce Wood Dance Gallery I Dallas
February 21+22, 2020
With Guest Artists Ginny Mac and Sonny Franks
Music Director/Pianist Joseph Thalken
Cowboy Songs (2003) by Bruce Wood
2020 BRUCE Award Honorees The Nikaidoh Family and Eileen Zuttermeister
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 10 I 2019–2020
American Dance Platform
The Joyce Theater
I New York
January 8+12, 2020
Yesod (2016) by Katarzyna Skarpetowska
I’m My Brother’s Keeper (2012) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 10 I 2019–2020
Harvest
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
November 15+16, 2019
Follow Me (2004) by Bruce Wood
Live, Love, Laugh (2019) by Bryan Arias
In My Your Head (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 9 I 2018–2019
SEASON 9 I 2018–2019
Embrace
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
June 14+15, 2019
Carved In Stone (2016) by Joy Bollinger
Dark Matter (2004) by Bruce Wood
Forbidden Paths (World Premiere) by Garrett Smith
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 9 I 2018–2019
An Evening of Dance
Dallas Contemporary I Dallas
March 2, 2019
Featuring Ian Davenport’s exhibition, Horizons, with Bruce Wood Dance and Trio Kavanáh
Echoes of Enchantment (1999) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 9 I 2018–2019
Dances from The Heart
Bruce Wood Dance Gallery
I Dallas
February 15+16, 2019
With Guest Artist/Soprano Alissa Roca
Music Director/Pianist Joseph Thalken
2019 BRUCE Award Honoree Rosalee Kimple
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 9 I 2018–2019
All Bruce
A Tribute to Steven Truitt
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
November 16+17, 2018
All works by Bruce Wood:
Local 126 (2001)
Echoes of Enchantment (1999)
Boléro (2001)
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Inside/Out Performance Series
Jacob’s Pillow I Beckett, Massachusetts
July 5, 2018
My Heart Remembers (2015; Excerpt) by Bryan Arias
My Brother’s Keeper (2013; Excerpt) by Bruce Wood
Yesod (2016) by Katarzyna Skarpetowska
All Things New (2011; Excerpt) by Kimi Nikaidoh
PHOTO BY JENNIFER FERMAINT
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
Harmony
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
June 15+16, 2018
The Day of Small Things (2012) by Bruce Wood
begin again (World Premiere) by Yin Yue
Rhapsody In Blue (1999) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
Deep in the Heart
Produced by METdance
Zilkha Hall
I Houston, Texas
April 13+14, 2018
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
Snow Playground by Katarzyna Skarpetowska
Paralyzed By Fear by Courtney D. Jones/CDJ Dance
Following Echoes (World Premiere) by Bridget L. Moore
Volver by Mario Zambrano
Lovett! (2000) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
A Texas Tribute and Howard College Residency
Howard College Hall Center
I Big Spring, Texas
March 24, 2018
Performance—Dedicated to Myra Robinson
Municipal Auditorium
I Big Spring, Texas
March 24, 2018
Schmetterling (2004) by Bruce Wood
My Heart Remembers (2015; Excerpt) by Bryan Arias
Lovett! (2000) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
Lone Stars
Performed with METdance
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
March 16, 2018
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
Snow Playground by Katarzyna Skarpetowska
Paralyzed By Fear by Courtney D. Jones/CDJ Dance
Following Echoes (World Premiere) by Bridget L. Moore
Volver by Mario Zambrano
Lovett! (2000) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
Love, Bruce
A Valentine Cabaret
Granada Theater
I Dallas
February 3, 2018
With Broadway Guest Artist Brent Barrett and Music Director/Pianist Joseph Thalken
love, b. (2014; Excerpts) by Bruce Wood
Inaugural BRUCE Award Honoree Donna Wilhelm
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
RISE
A Tribute to Kim Abel and Doug Hopkins
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
November 17+18, 2017
Lay Your Burdens Down (2006) by Bruce Wood
The Only Way Through Is Through (1998) by Bruce Wood
Hillside (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
The Dance Gallery Festival
Ailey CitiGroup Theater
I New York
November 5, 2017
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
My Heart Remembers (2015; Excerpts) by Bryan Arias
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 8 I 2017–2018
The Dance Gallery Festival
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
I New York
November 3, 2017
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
My Heart Remembers (2015; Excerpts) by Bryan Arias
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 7 I 2016–2017
SEASON 7 I 2016–2017
Journeys
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
June 16+17, 2017
Schmetterling (2004) by Bruce Wood
Zero Hour (1999) by Bruce Wood
Chasing Home (World Premiere) by Albert Drake, Composer Joseph Thalken, and Dallas Chamber Symphony
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 7 I 2016–2017
Mistletoe Magic
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
December 20, 2016
With Broadway Guest Artists Liz Calloway and Hugh Panaro and Music Director/Pianist Joseph Thalken
Choreography by Joy Bollinger, Albert Drake, Kimi Nikaidoh, and Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 7 I 2016–2017
SIX
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
November 11+12, 2016
No Sea to Sail In (2004) by Bruce Wood
Bloom (World Premiere) by Kimi Nikaidoh
Yesod (World Premiere) by Katarzyna Skarpetowska
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 6 I 2015–2016
SEASON 6 I 2015–2016
SIX
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
June 17+18, 2016
Carved In Stone (World Premiere) by Joy Bollinger
Skin (World Premiere) by Dionne and Andy Noble
Anything Goes (2006) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 6 I 2015–2016
Mistletoe Magic
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
December 11+12, 2015
With Broadway Guest Artists Liz Calloway and Hugh Panaro and Music Director/Pianist Joseph Thalken
Choreography by Joy Bollinger, Albert Drake, Kimi Nikaidoh, and Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 6 I 2015–2016
5YEARS
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
November 13+14, 2015
Liturgy (2005) by Bruce Wood
My Heart Remembers (World Premiere) by Bryan Arias
Find Me (World Premiere) by Kimi Nikaidoh
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 5 I 2014–2015
SEASON 5 I 2014–2015
5YEARS
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
June 19+20, 2015
Requiem (2003) by Bruce Wood
Whispers (World Premiere) by Albert Drake
Polyester Dreams (2002) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 5 I 2014–2015
Lovett+More
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
September 13+14, 2014
Being (1998) by Bruce Wood
Piazzolla De Prisa (2001) by Bruce Wood. With live music by the Dallas Chamber Symphony.
Lovett! (2000) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 4 I 2013–2014
SEASON 4 I 2013–2014
Touch
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
June 12+13, 2014
Home (1997) by Bruce Wood
The Only Way Through Is Through (1998) by Bruce Wood
Touch (2014—Unfinished) by Bruce Wood
love, b. (2014) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 4 I 2013–2014
My Brother’s Keeper
Moody Performance Hall
I Dallas
March 15+16, 2013
My Brother’s Keeper (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
With Guest Artists and Collaborators Jac Alder, Gary Floyd, and Larry Lane
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 4 I 2013–2014
Mistletoe Magic
Venetian Room I The Fairmont Hotel I Dallas
December 14, 2013
With Broadway Guest Stars Elizabeth Stanley and Jason Graae and Music Director/Pianist Jasper Grant
Mistletoe Magic (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 3 I 2012–2013
SEASON 3 I 2012–2013
RED+2
Moody Performance Hall I Dallas
June 21+22, 2013
RED (2001) by Bruce Wood
White Rabbit (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
Rhapsody in Blue (1999) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 2 I 2011–2012
SEASON 2 I 2011–2012
Program 2
Montgomery Arts Theater I Dallas
June 22+24, 2012
Piano Concerto No. 3 (2002) by Bruce Wood
Follow Me (2004) by Bruce Wood
The Day of Small Things (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 2 I 2011–2012
Program 1
Montgomery Arts Theater I Dallas
June 21+23, 2012
Slump (World Premiere) by Joshua L. Peugh
I'm My Brother’s Keeper (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
Lovett! (2000) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
SEASON 1 I 2010–2011
SEASON 1 I 2010–2011
PREMIERES
Montgomery Arts Theater I Dallas
June 10+11, 2011
Happy Feet (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
Our Last Lost Chance (World Premiere) by Bruce Wood
The Edge of My Life So Far (2010) by Bruce Wood. Commissioned by Dallas Black Dance Theater.
Boléro (2001) by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD