Dallas, Texas -- Bruce Wood Dance presents ReNEW, November 19+20 at 8:00 p.m. and November 21 at 2:00 p.m. at Moody Performance Hall. Masks are required to be worn throughout the show, including while seated. Ticket prices are $25–$55, and $100 VIP available beginning Friday, October 15, 2021 at TicketDFW.com or by phone at 214–871–5000. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. $15 student rush tickets will be available at the box office 90 minutes before each show.
Of the upcoming concert, artistic director Joy Bollinger says, “ReNEW covers new territory for the company. Looking back on Bruce Wood®’s lineage we see the tremendous impact Lar Lubovitch had on Bruce’s choreographic style. 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. We are thrilled to dedicate ReNEW to longtime patron Rosalee Kimple for her love of Bruce Wood Dance.”
Headlining ReNEW is the Dallas premiere of Elemental Brubeck by world–renowned 20th century choreographer and educator Lar Lubovitch. Set to the popular jazz music of Dave Brubeck, The New Yorker has described Elemental Brubeck as “a thrilling sight . . . ravishing the eye . . . telling stories both complicated and mysterious.”
Originally created for San Francisco Ballet, Elemental Brubeck had its world premiere in Paris, France in July 2005. The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company staged the U.S. premiere at the Jack H. Skirball Center in New York City in November 2005. In February 2006, the national dance publication Dance Magazine wrote, “It is probably the best new dance in a popular idiom since Paul Taylor’s Company B.”
Bruce 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. Much of Wood’s musicality, imagery, partnering, and structure can be attributed to Lubovitch’s influence.
The New York Times has described the work of Lar Lubovitch as “lushly romantic, passionate, tender” and “shamelessly beautiful.” Lar Lubovitch is the recipient of the Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement, America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures Honor by the Dance Heritage Coalition, Dance/USA Honors Award, and American Dance Guild for lifetime achievement. Lubovitch will be in residence with Bruce Wood Dance prior to the November program, offering the company the rare opportunity to work with this renowned choreographer.
Returning to the stage at Moody Performance Hall is begin again by New York City choreographer Yin Yue. Originally commissioned by Bruce Wood Dance in 2018, begin again was hailed as “stunning” by Arts+Culture Texas. The Dallas Morning News said it “highlights the strengths of the company while revealing its dancers in new ways.”
Born in Shanghai, China and based in New York City, Yue is artistic director of YY Dance Company. Her signature FoCo Technique™ represents a dynamic fusion of Chinese folk dance, martial arts, and contemporary dance. Described as physically fierce in speed, shape, dynamics, and partnering, her choreography infuses an Asian sensibility of discipline. Among other awards, Yue recently received the 2021 Harkness Promise Award recognizing her innovation in choreography and her impact on dance education.
Rounding out the program is Bruce Wood’s riveting classic, Liturgy. Premiering on July 9, 2005 at Bass Performance Hall, Liturgy was created in honor of the 10th year of the Fort Worth–based Bruce Wood Dance Company and dedicated to Wood’s longtime friend, Rudy Eastman.
Universally 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. Leonard Eureka of the Fort 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 Fort Worth Star–Telegram declared it “one of the most significant works of dance created in America.”
Wood said, “We’re trying to communicate without words to make people feel something. I expect that when the curtain goes up, you should experience something quite remarkable, something magical, something healing.”
ReNEW is made possible by the following Bruce Wood Dance sponsors––Heritage Auctions (HA.com), James Avery Artisan Jewelry, TACA, City of Dallas Office of Arts+Culture, Daniel Lome Charitable Fund, Moody Fund for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Dallas Arts District Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, Texas Commission on the Arts State Cultural District, Donna Wilhelm Family Foundation, Roger Fullington, Ellen Kendrick Creative, Inc., Lancaster+Associates, Inc., VisitDallas.com, Carrington Coleman, and Hall Arts Hotel.
Bruce Wood Dance Company is a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization. Contributions are tax–deductible.
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