Bruce Wood Dance Dallas Unveils 2026-2027 Season Featuring Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and More

Bruce Wood Dance Dallas has revealed its 17th season, the company's first under newly appointed Artistic Director Melissa M. Young and Resident Choreographer and Répétiteur Joy Bollinger. Tickets available through brucewooddance.org.

The 2026-2027 season - a dynamic slate of premieres, high-profile collaborations, and Bruce Wood revivals - arrives alongside two major institutional milestones: the company's first-ever grant from The Shubert Foundation, the nation's largest funder of unrestricted operating support for nonprofit dance and theater, and its renewed appointment to the Texas Commission on the Arts Texas Touring Roster for 2026-2028.

'This season is a celebration of what makes our community so vibrant,' said Young. 'To have The Shubert Foundation look at our work and say, 'We believe in what you are doing,' is a tremendous vote of confidence - for this company, our audiences, and the City of Dallas.'

The season

2026

Better Is Peace: 9/11 Remembered Through Song and Dance

Wednesday, September 16 at 7:30 PM
Meyerson Symphony Center

A stirring collaborative production by Turtle Creek Chorale, with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas, Dallas Chamber Symphony, and Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Friday-Saturday, November 13-14 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 PM
Moody Performance Hall

A festive, family-focused program featuring the Dallas premiere of Joy Bollinger's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a world premiere by Chicago-based choreographer Noelle Kayser, and Bruce Wood's joyful Schmetterling.

2027

Mahler's Sixth

Friday-Saturday, January 29-30 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, January 31 at 2:00 PM
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth

Produced by Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Bollinger premieres her Songs of a Wayfarer with live accompaniment by FWSO. Robert Spano conducts, with mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor.

MOVE

Friday-Saturday, February 5-6
The University of Texas at Dallas, Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

An electric evening of urban-inspired contemporary dance featuring Bollinger's MOVE, a multimedia tour de force where high-energy choreography meets immersive digital art via a collaboration with renowned visual artist JM Rizzi and cutting-edge projection designer Courtney Ware, set to an imaginative score by Levi.Sct.

WOOD/SHOP: New Works by Company Dancers

Thursday-Saturday, March 11-13 at 7:00 PM and Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 PM
Charles W. Longcope, Jr. Performance Studio at Bruce Wood Dance Gallery
The perennial fan favorite, directed, choreographed, and performed by BWDD artists.

17th Anniversary Gala

Saturday, April 10
Gilley's Dallas

Featuring the return of Joy Bollinger's high-energy MOVE-a celebration of creativity and community blending classical and street-influenced dance, art, and music.

UNITE

Saturday, May 15 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, May 16 at 2:00 PM
Kalita Humphreys Theater
Third annual collaborative production with Uptown Players celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community.

American Love

Friday-Saturday, May 28-29 at 7:30 PM and Sunday May 30 at 2:00 PM
Moody Performance Hall

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