CURRENT
PERFORMANCES
BRUCE WOOD DANCE RELIEF FUND
November 19+20 I 8:00 PM
November 21 I 2:00 PM
Featuring Elemental Brubeck
by world-renowned choreographer
Lar Lubovitch
Moody Performance Hall
Tickets on sale October 15
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
PHOTO BY SHARON BRADFORD
Face masks are required to be worn throughout the show.
Liturgy by Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY SHAREN BRADFORD
Bruce Wood
PHOTO BY BRIAN GUILLIAUX
Yin Yue
PHOTO BY STEVEN TRUMON GRAY
Lar Lubovitch
PHOTO BY ROSE EICHENBAUM
BRUCE WOOD DANCE opens its 12th season with ReNew, celebrating the history and legacy of Bruce Wood. The show features Liturgy by Wood, considered one of his masterworks; begin again by acclaimed contemporary dancemaker Yin Yue—know for her physically fierce style; and the Dallas premiere of Elemental Brubeck by the great 20th-century choreographer, Lar Lubovitch, ReNEW is dedicated to Rosalee Kimple, the 2019 Bruce Award Honoree for her passionate patronage of Bruce Wood Dance.
Joy Bollinger
PHOTO BY BRIAN GUILLIAUX
"ReNEW covers new territory for the company. Lokking back on Bruce Wood's history we see the tremendous impact Lar Lubovitch had on Bruce;'s choreographic style. Wood was a principal performer with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and his tenure with the company would later have a profound impact on his choreography. Seeing Elemental Brubeck on stage in Dallas will delight audiences with the joy of dance. With this performance, we celebrate where Bruce began, and showcase where his legacy continues to go," says artistic director Joy Bollinger.
LITURGY
Hailed as one of Wood's masterworks, Liturgy is set to five sections of J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor for Chorus and Orchestra. The work premiered at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth by the Fort Worth-based Bruce Wood Dance Company for the 10th anniversary. The dance was dedicated to Wood's longtime friend and artistic director of Jubilee Theater. Rudy Eastman. Leonard Euerka of the Forth Worth Weekly declared it "his finest work to date," describing it as "an indictment of religion and an affirmation of faith, " and Wayne Lee Gay of the Forth Worth Star-Telegram declared it "one of the most significant works of dance created in America." Restaged several times by both of Wood's companies, Liturgy exemplifies his uncanny ability to merge dance and spirituality.
begin again
Hailed as one of Wood's masterworks, Liturgy is set to five sections of J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor for Chorus and Orchestra. The work premiered at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth by the Fort Worth-based Bruce Wood Dance Company for the 10th anniversary. The dance was dedicated to Wood's longtime friend and artistic director of Juibilee Theater.