Renowned Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Headlines Fall Dance Production

One dancer lifts another in the air

October 28, 2022
Gonzaga University News Service
Gonzaga Dance will host the nationally renowned Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company for its annual fall production Dance Presents! on Sat., Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave.

The Utah-based dance group will perform alongside the Gonzaga University Repertory Dance Company as they premiere the culmination of their Fall Guest Artist Residency, a work choreographed by Seattle-based choreographer Ashley Menstrina and faculty member CarliAnn Bruner.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company will also be collaborating with participants of Gonzaga’s Dance for Parkinson’s program. Company members will use movement and stories from participants to inspire dance phrases in their work, Bodystorm.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is committed to furthering contemporary dance as an accessible and valued art form through performance and dance education that raise the standards, deepen the understanding and promote personal connections with dance. Gonzaga Dance is committed to training and developing artists who confront important life issues through engagement with the art form of dance.

Tickets, $15 for students and $20 for general admission, can be purchased at gonzaga.edu/ticketcenter.
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