Arrival times
Rehearsing “Arrive” Norbert De La Cruz III (Photo by Sharen Bradford) Bruce Wood Dance and Norbert De La Cruz collab for a world premiere RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com Norbert De La Cruz III is returning to Dallas for two world premieres — clearly this city has been good for the queer choreographer who’s based in New York.
He premiered a commissioned piece for TITAS last year at its Command Performance Gala, and this year, he’s bringing new pieces to Dallas Black Dance Theater and Bruce Wood Dance.
For BWD, he will introduce audiences to “Arrive” this weekend. De La Cruz shares his personal experiences in this world premiere for “SOAR”, alongside Wood’s “Home,” returning for the first time since 2014.
The program also includes artistic director Joy Bollinger’s “In My Your Head,” set to music by Radiohead. De La Cruz said his new piece for BWD stems from a gift he received. “I was given this illustration book by Shaun Tan, The Arrival, and I was mesmerized by the illustrations,” De La Cruz explained. “Immediately I was thinking, how can I translate these images into a dance, because it’s a wordless illustration book.
