Bruce Wood Dance Company Stomps, Leaps and Twirls into UNCW's Kenan Auditorium
3/5/2004 12:00:00 AM
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By Tiffany Johnson, PR Intern
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Bruce Wood Dance Company, acclaimed for its creative, whimsical pieces, comes to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington at 8 p.m. Friday, March 26 in Kenan Auditorium. This event is part of the Arts in Action Performance Series, which is sponsored by the Campus Activities and Involvement Center.
Tickets are $6 for UNCW students and children 12 and under; $12 for UNCW faculty/staff and seniors; and $18 for all others. For tickets, call the Kenan Auditorium box office at 910/962-3500 or 800/732-3643 outside of the Wilmington area. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, please visit the Arts in Action web site at http://www.uncw.edu/arts.
With dances that range from cowboy songs to Tchaikovsky and Lyle Lovett to Ravel’s “Bolero,” this Texas-based cast of performers is known for its ability to capture audiences’ imaginations. In addition to the performance, artistic director Bruce Wood will conduct a master class featuring UNCW students at 1 p.m. Friday, March 26 in Kenan Auditorium. The class will incorporate Wood’s distinctive choreography and technique and is free and open to the public for those who wish to observe the class.
Bruce Wood Dance Company (BWDC) was established in1996 as a showcase for the acclaimed choreography of Bruce Wood. Wood studied at the School of American Ballet under the tutelage of the legendary George Balanchine. After a brief engagement with the New York City Ballet, Wood refined his Balanchine training by dancing four years as a soloist with the San Francisco Ballet. At the age of 21, he joined Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal as a principal dancer, and for the next four years he performed and taught all over the world.
Now in the midst of its seventh season, BWDC continues to stage works at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, featuring an ever-growing repertoire. The company’s success is due to Wood’s prolific efforts toward creating new works, as well as his collaboration with other renowned choreographers. As a result, BWDC has been chosen to be on the Texas Commission on the Arts Texas Touring Roster since June 2000.
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Media Contact: For information, contact Shannon Hooker at 910/962-7600 or e-mail hookers@uncw.edu
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